Improve

v. t.	1.	To disprove or make void; to refute. 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. When he rehearsed his preachings and his doing unto the high apostles, they could improve nothing. - Tyndale.
	1.	To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land. [imp. & p. p. Improved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Improving.] 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. 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 opportunity. - 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. We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the wretched inheritance of our ancestors. - Bp. Porteus.
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.
	3.	To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves. To improve on to make useful additions or amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.

Verb	1.	improve - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" Synonyms: ameliorate, meliorate, amend, better
	2.	improve - get better; "The weather improved toward evening" Synonyms: ameliorate, meliorate, better

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