Definition of better

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Better (n.) Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy..

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Overreach :: Overreach (v. t.) To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat..
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..
Better :: Better (a.) More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject..
Roof :: Roof (n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering..
Dradge :: Dradge (n.) Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing..
Improvement :: Improvement (n.) Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises..
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.
Grade :: Grade (v. t.) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.
Unimproved :: Unimproved (a.) Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence..
Leader :: Leader (n.) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one..
Better :: Better (a.) Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air..
Meliority :: Meliority (n.) The state or quality of being better; melioration.
Ebb :: Ebb (v. i.) To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.
Better :: Better (n.) Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy..
Liking :: Liking (p. a.) Looking; appearing; as, better or worse liking. See Like, to look..
Ramist :: Ramist (n.) A follower of Pierre Rame, better known as Ramus, a celebrated French scholar, who was professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Paris in the reign of Henry II., and opposed the Aristotelians..
Do :: Do (v. i.) To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do..
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body..
Moralize :: Moralize (v. t.) To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse..
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