patch (v.) Copy link Outline 1. sarcio, rĕsarcio, 4. v. TO MEND.2. assuo, i, 3 (to sew on • patch (v.): 1. sarcio, rĕsarcio, 4. v. to mend. 2. assuo, i, 3 (to sew on: with acc. and dat.): Hor. A. P. 15. Phr.: to p. an old garment with new cloth, immittere commissuram panni rudis in vestimentum vetus, Vulg. Matt. ix. 16: a reconciliation ill p.'d up, male sarta gratia, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 31: to p. up a story, centones sarcire alicui, Pl. Epid. 3, 4, 19 (al. farcire).