2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Improve \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
improved
adj 1: made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially
made ready for use or marketing; "new houses are
springing up on an improved tract of land near the
river"; "an improved breed" [ant: {unimproved}]
2: become or made better in quality; "was proud of his improved
grades"; "an improved viewfinder"
3: (of land) made ready for development or agriculture by
clearing of trees and brush; "improved farmlands"
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