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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. sarcio, si, tum, 4: to m. old ropes, baskets, etc.: veteres funes, corbulas, etc. s., Cato: to m. broken crystal, fragmenta crystallina s., Plin. 37, 2, 10: Col. Also comp. resarcio, 4 (to m. or make good again), Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 41 (r. vestem).
      2. 2. rĕconcinno, 1 (to set right again: rare): Pl. Men. 2, 3, 78. Cic.: v. to repair. Phr.: to m. one's pace, addere gradum, Pl. Trin. 4, 3, 3: Liv.
    2. II. Fig.: ēmendo, corrĭgo, etc.: v. to amend, improve.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To improve in health: mĕlior fīo, convălesco: v. to recover. Phr.: I am m.ing a little, meliuscule est mihi, Cic. Fam. 16, 5: until the patient begins to m., donec morbus decrescere incipiat, Cels. 3, 20: he began slowly to m., sensim toto corpore salubritas percipi (incipiebat), Curt. 3, 7, ad fin.
    2. II. In gen. sense: Phr.: (things) seem likely to m., posse videntur esse meliora quam c fuerunt, Cic. Att. 14, 15: cf. ib. paulo infr., incipit res melius ire quam putaram: v. to improve.