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Antonyms for improves

Grammar : Verb
Spell : im-proov
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpruv

Definition of improves

Origin :
  • late 15c., "to use to one's profit, to increase (income)," from Anglo-French emprouwer "to turn to profit" (late 13c.), from Old French en-, causative prefix, + prou "profit," from Latin prode "advantageous" (see proud). Spelling with -v- was rare before 17c. Meaning "to raise to a better quality or condition" first recorded 1610s. Phrase improve the occasion retains the etymological sense. Meaning "to turn land to profit" (by clearing it, erecting buildings, etc.) was in Anglo-French (13c.) and was retained in the American colonies.
  • verb make or become better
Example sentences :
  • A word about Autun itself, a town that improves marvellously on acquaintance.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Motherhood, that improves and perfects most women, has personally wrecked her.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • Nor does he distinguish between the suffering which improves and the suffering which only punishes and deters.
  • Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
  • Then every Athenian improves and elevates them; all with the exception of myself; and I alone am their corrupter?
  • Extract from : « Apology » by Plato
  • "Really, it improves him very much," said Hester to herself.
  • Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
  • It improves the pronunciation and trains or keeps the ear in practice.
  • Extract from : « The Aural System » by Anonymous
  • As a rule, he neither alters nor improves, any more than the birds do.
  • Extract from : « Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection » by Alfred Russel Wallace
  • This kind of memory, he adds, now improves or increases with him from year to year.
  • Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
  • The only polish that improves carving is that which comes of use.
  • Extract from : « Wood-Carving » by George Jack
  • Ashuretililani, king of Assyria, improves Nabu's temple at Calah, 229.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

Synonyms for improves

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