Definition of better

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Better (n.) One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural..

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Better :: Better (a.) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
Change :: Change (v. i.) To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better..
Abetter :: Abetter (n.) Alt. of Abetto.
Meliority :: Meliority (n.) The state or quality of being better; melioration.
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..
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..
Liking :: Liking (p. a.) Looking; appearing; as, better or worse liking. See Like, to look..
Luck :: Luck (n.) That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill..
Cob :: Cob (v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions..
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..
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..
Ameliorate :: Ameliorate (v. i.) To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age..
New :: New (superl.) As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man..
Hem :: Hem (interj.) An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm..
Reform :: Reform (v. t.) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals..
Better :: Better (a.) More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject..
Dradge :: Dradge (n.) Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing..
Worsen :: Worsen (v. t.) To get the better of; to worst.
Such :: Such (a.) Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better..
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..
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