Definition of better

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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..

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Amend :: Amend (v. i.) To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.
Help :: Help (v. t.) To change for the better; to remedy.
Dradge :: Dradge (n.) Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing..
Outreason :: Outreason (v. t.) To excel or surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.
Betterness :: Betterness (n.) The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.
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..
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..
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..
Better :: Better (v. i.) To become better; to improve.
Emendation :: Emendation (n.) The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement..
Liking :: Liking (p. a.) Looking; appearing; as, better or worse liking. See Like, to look..
Cob :: Cob (v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions..
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..
Moralize :: Moralize (v. t.) To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse..
Ameliorate :: Ameliorate (v. i.) To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age..
Worst :: Worst (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit..
Bet :: Bet (a. & adv.) An early form of Better.
Mandelic :: Mandelic (a.) Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also phenyl glycolic acid..
Cutwater :: Cutwater (n.) A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself..
Bete :: Bete (v. t.) To better; to mend. See Beete.
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