Definition of better

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Better (a.) Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect..

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Betterness :: Betterness (n.) The quality of being better or superior; superiority.
Ameliorate :: Ameliorate (v. i.) To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age..
Better :: Better (a.) To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of.
Better :: Better (a.) Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better..
Hem :: Hem (interj.) An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm..
Better :: Better (compar.) In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits..
Snob :: Snob (n.) A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors..
Improvable :: Improvable (a.) Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities..
Hotel :: Hotel (n.) A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class..
Do :: Do (v. i.) To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do..
Outplay :: Outplay (v. t.) To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball..
Overcome :: Overcome (v. t.) To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle..
Better :: Better (compar.) More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better..
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides..
Reenforce :: Reenforce (v.) That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon..
Better :: Better (a.) To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise..
Mandelic :: Mandelic (a.) Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also phenyl glycolic acid..
Thought :: Thought (n.) A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better..
Ebb :: Ebb (v. i.) To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.
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