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improve
English
Alternative forms
- emprove (obsolete)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman emprouwer, from Old French en- + prou (“profit”), from Vulgar Latin prode (“advantageous, profitable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?p?u?v/
- Rhymes: -u?v
Verb
improve (third-person singular simple present improves, present participle improving, simple past and past participle improved)
- (transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
- (intransitive) To become better.
- “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
- (obsolete) To disprove or make void; to refute.
- 1528, William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man
- Neither can any of them make so strong a reason which another cannot improve.
- 1528, William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man
- (obsolete) To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
- 1528, William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man
- When he rehearsed his preachings and his doing unto the high apostles, they could improve nothing.
- 1528, William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man
- (dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Reward of Honouring God (sermon)
- We shall especially honour God, by discharging faithfully those offices which God hath entrusted us with: by improving diligently those talents which God hath committed to us
- a hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved
- the court has also an opportunity, which it seldom fails to improve.
- 1715, Isaac Watts, Against Idleness and Mischief
- How doth the little busy bee / Improve each shining hour.
- March 7, 1778, George Washington, letter
- True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion, binds us to improve the occasion.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Reward of Honouring God (sermon)
Synonyms
- (to make something better): ameliorate, better, batten, enhance; See also Thesaurus:improve
Antonyms
- (to make something worse): deteriorate, worsen; See also Thesaurus:aggravate
- (to become worse): deteriorate, worsen; See also Thesaurus:worsen
Derived terms
- improvement
- improver
- improving
Translations
Further reading
- "improve" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 160.
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chasten
English
Etymology
From Middle English chastien, from Old French chastier (“punish”), from Latin cast?g?re. See also chastise, castigate and chaste.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?t?e?.s?n/
Verb
chasten (third-person singular simple present chastens, present participle chastening, simple past and past participle chastened)
- To make chaste.
- Synonym: purify
- (archaic) To punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement.
- Synonym: discipline
- To render humble or restrained.
- Synonyms: restrain, moderate
Translations
Anagrams
- natches
Middle English
Noun
chasten
- Alternative form of chesteyne (“chestnut”)
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