Definition of better

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Better (n.) One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural..

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New :: New (superl.) As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man..
Better :: Better (a.) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
Better :: Better (v. i.) To become better; to improve.
Bettermost :: Bettermost (a.) Best.
Futureless :: Futureless (a.) Without prospect of betterment in the future.
Cob :: Cob (v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions..
Better :: Better (n.) Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy..
Help :: Help (v. t.) To change for the better; to remedy.
Filleting :: Filleting (n.) The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work..
Grade :: Grade (n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade..
Better :: Better (n.) One who bets or lays a wager.
Moralize :: Moralize (v. t.) To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse..
Better :: Better (a.) More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject..
Crane :: Crane (v. i.) to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap..
Hypocrite :: Hypocrite (n.) One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety..
Amend :: Amend (v. i.) To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.
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..
Hyperbole :: Hyperbole (n.) A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect..
Best :: Best (v. t.) To get the better of.
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..
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