Definition of better

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Better (n.) Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy..

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Better :: Better (compar.) More correctly or thoroughly.
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..
Betterness :: Betterness (n.) The quality of being better or superior; superiority.
Hotel :: Hotel (n.) A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class..
Thought :: Thought (n.) A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better..
Betterment :: Betterment (n.) A making better; amendment; improvement.
Descent :: Descent (n.) Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc..
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..
Ameliorate :: Ameliorate (v. i.) To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age..
Better :: Better (compar.) More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better..
Embetter :: Embetter (v. t.) To make better.
Improve :: Improve (v. i.) To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health..
Roach :: Roach (n.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit..
Stationary :: Stationary (a.) Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary..
Meliorate :: Meliorate (v. i.) To grow better.
Grade :: Grade (v. t.) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.
Vanquish :: Vanquish (v. t.) Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute..
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..
Such :: Such (a.) Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better..
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..
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