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What's The Definition Of Improve?
[v] get better; "The weather improved toward evening."
[v] to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" Synonyms | Synonyms for Improve: ameliorate | better | meliorate Related Terms | Find terms related to Improve: accommodate | acculturate | adapt | adjust | advance | alter | ameliorate | amend | apprentice | be changed | be converted into | be renewed | benefit | benefit from | best | better | boost | bottom out | brace up | break | break in | break up | breed | bring forward | bring up | cap | capitalize on | cash in on | change | checker | chop | chop and change | civilize | come about | come along | come around | come on | come round | complete | condition | convalesce | convert | correct | crown | culminate | cultivate | deform | degenerate | denature | deteriorate | develop | deviate | discipline | diverge | diversify | do to perfection | drill | edify | edit | educate | elevate | emend | enhance | enlighten | enrich | exceed | excel | exercise | exploit | fatten | favor | fetch up | fit | fix up | flop | form | forward | foster | further | gain | gain ground | gain strength | get ahead | get along | get better | go ahead | go forward | go one better | go straight | graduate | groom | grow better | haul around | help | housebreak | house-train | illume | illumine | improve on | improve the occasion | improve upon | increase | irradiate | jibe | lard | lick into shape | lift | look up | make an improvement | make capital of | make hay | make headway | make progress | make strides | mature | meliorate | mend | mitigate | modernize | modify | modulate | mutate | nurse | nurture | outweigh | overbalance | overbear | overcome | overhaul | overpass | overthrow | overtop | perfect | perk up | pick up | practice | predominate | prepare | preponderate | prevail | profit by | progress | promote | put in tune | put right | put to advantage | put to school | qualify | raise | rally | ready | realign | rear | rebuild | recondition | reconstruct | recover | re-create | recruit | rectify | recuperate | redeem | redesign | redress | refine | refine upon | refit | reform | refurbish | rehabilitate | rehearse | remake | remedy | remodel | renew | renovate | repair | reshape | restructure | revamp | revise | revive | ring the changes | ripen | rub up | send to school | set right | shape up | shift | shift the scene | show improvement | shuffle the cards | skyrocket | sleep it off | socialize | straighten out | strengthen | subvert | surpass | swerve | tack | take a turn | take advantage of | take in hand | take off | top | tower above | tower over | trade on | train | transcend | transfigure | transform | trump | turn | turn aside | turn into | turn the corner | turn the scale | turn the tables | turn the tide | turn to account | turn to profit | turn to use | turn upside down | undergo a change | update | upgrade | uplift | use to advantage | vary | veer | warp | work a change | worsen See Also | advance | aid | alleviate | alter | assuage | beautify | bounce back | build | bushel | change | change state | condition | convalesce | develop | distill | doctor | down | educate | embellish | emend | enhance | enrich | fine-tune | fix | fructify | furbish up | get over | get well | heal | help | hone | iron out | lift | make pure | mend | palliate | perfect | pick up | polish | prettify | purify | put right | raise | recover | recuperate | refine | reform | regenerate | relieve | remit | repair | restore | revitalize | see the light | straighten out | sublimate | touch on | turn | turn around | upgrade Improve In Webster's Dictionary \Im*prove"\, v. t. [Pref. im- not + prove: cf. L.
improbare, F. improuver.]
1. To disprove or make void; to refute. [Obs.]
Neither can any of them make so strong a reason
which another can not improve. --Tyndale.
2. To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure;
as, to improve negligence. [Obs.] --Chapman.
When he rehearsed his preachings and his doing unto
the high apostles, they could improve nothing.
--Tyndale.
\Im*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Improved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Improving}.] [Pref. in- in + prove, in approve. See {Approve}, {Prove.}] 1. To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land. --Donne. I love not to improve the honor of the living by impairing that of the dead. --Denham. 2. To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means. --Shak. We shall especially honor God by improving diligently the talents which God hath committed to us. --Barrow. A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved. --Addison. The court seldom fails to improve the oppotunity. --Blackstone. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour. --I. Watts. Those moments were diligently improved. --Gibbon. True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion, binds us to improve the occasion. --Washington. 3. To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; -- said with reference to what is bad. [R.] We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the wretched inheritance of our ancestors. --Bp. Porteus. Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten; mend; correct; recify; amend; reform. \Im*prove"\, v. i. 1. To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health. We take care to improve in our frugality and diligence. --Atterbury. 2. To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse. ``Domitain improved in cruelty.'' --Milner. 3. To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves. {To improve on} or {upon}, to make useful additions or amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage. |
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