Definition of better

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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..

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Fake :: Fake (v. t.) To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it..
Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin..
Hotel :: Hotel (n.) A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class..
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..
Better :: Better (a.) Greater in amount; larger; more.
Top :: Top (v. t.) To perform eminently, or better than before..
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..
Grade :: Grade (v. t.) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.
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.
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..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse..
Better :: Better (compar.) More correctly or thoroughly.
Betterness :: Betterness (n.) The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.
Better :: Better (n.) One who bets or lays a wager.
Amendment :: Amendment (n.) An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
Heart :: Heart (n.) The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; -- usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish h
Worsen :: Worsen (v. t.) To get the better of; to worst.
Thought :: Thought (n.) A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better..
Better :: Better (a.) Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect..
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..
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