Definition of better

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Better (a.) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.

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Improving :: Improving (a.) Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better..
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..
Than :: Than (conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that y
Improve :: Improve (v. t.) To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land..
Improvement :: Improvement (n.) Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises..
Embetter :: Embetter (v. t.) To make better.
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..
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..
Cob :: Cob (v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions..
Better :: Better (compar.) More correctly or thoroughly.
Mend :: Mend (v. i.) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
Bet :: Bet (a. & adv.) An early form of Better.
Amelioration :: Amelioration (n.) The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration..
Bettermost :: Bettermost (a.) Best.
Retrograde :: Retrograde (a.) Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc..
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.
Worsen :: Worsen (v. t.) To get the better of; to worst.
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..
Overreach :: Overreach (v. t.) To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat..
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