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Better :: Better (a.) More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject..

Improvement :: Improvement (n.) The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc..

Embetter :: Embetter (v. t.) To make better.

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..

Bettor :: Bettor (n.) One who bets; a 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..

Ramist :: Ramist (n.) A follower of Pierre Rame, better known as Ramus, a celebrated French scholar, who was professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Paris in the reign of Henry II., and opposed the Aristotelians..

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..

Amelioration :: Amelioration (n.) The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration..

Emendation :: Emendation (n.) Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations..

Betterness :: Betterness (n.) The quality of being better or superior; superiority.

Ebb :: Ebb (v. i.) To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.

Roof :: Roof (n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering..

Retrogressive :: Retrogressive (a.) Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.

Better :: Better (compar.) In a higher or greater degree; more; as, to love one better than another..

Pricking-up :: Pricking-up (n.) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat.

Remember :: Remember (v. i.) To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others..

Last :: Last (v. i.) To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter..

Mend :: Mend (v. i.) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

Ebb :: Ebb (n.) The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.

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