Definition of improve
- v. t. - To disprove or make void; to refute.
- v. t. - To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to
censure; as, to improve negligence.
- v. t. - To make better; to increase the value or good qualities
of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land.
- v. t. - To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive;
to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one's time;
to improve his means.
- v. t. - To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; --
said with reference to what is bad.
- v. i. - To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is
desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health.
- v. i. - To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.
- v. i. - To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the
price of cotton improves.