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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..

Improvement :: Improvement (n.) Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises..

Exceptional :: Exceptional (a.) Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior..

Retrograde :: Retrograde (a.) Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc..

Help :: Help (v. t.) To change for the better; to remedy.

Better :: Better (compar.) More correctly or thoroughly.

Bettered :: Bettered (imp. & p. p.) of Bette.

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..

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

Best :: Best (v. t.) To get the better of.

Meliorate :: Meliorate (v. i.) To grow better.

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..

Moralize :: Moralize (v. t.) To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse..

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..

Betterment :: Betterment (n.) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural.

Unimproved :: Unimproved (a.) Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence..

Betterness :: Betterness (n.) The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.

Amendment :: Amendment (n.) An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

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..

Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body..

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