Hone: alternatives and connections

To make better; to improve; to meliorate.

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To change or modify in any way for the better

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Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

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To disprove or make void; to refute.

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To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

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To make sharp.

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An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by…

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A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools.

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Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

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To whisper.

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of Set

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One who, or that which, makes perfect.

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One who, or that which, makes perfect.

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Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect.

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Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect.

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The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral exce…

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The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral exce…

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Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and k…

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