Improvement: alternatives and connections

The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.

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The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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of Air

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The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.

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A making better; amendment; improvement.

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The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.

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of Clean

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of Cleanse

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of Clear

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The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

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The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

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The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

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The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

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The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.

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The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.

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of Fit

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Fixed; solidified.

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of Fix

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That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is,…

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The act of humanizing.

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The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement.

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To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put…

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of Mend

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The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.

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To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

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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 act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, pr…

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The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.

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The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.

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The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

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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 am…

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The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious o…

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The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed.

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To return.

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The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, re…

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The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reestablishment; as, the restora…

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The act of rising again; resurrection.

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The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.

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Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being recalled, to life.

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of Sweeten

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To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing.

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The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a…

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Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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State; condition; position of affairs.

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The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition.

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The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.

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To make better; to improve; to meliorate.

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To make better; to improve; to meliorate.

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A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

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A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

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To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance…

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To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance…

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To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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A making better; amendment; improvement.

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The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement.

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A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

A change that makes something better.

The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.

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The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.

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