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embetter

/ɪmˈbɛtə(ɹ)/

embetter verb: to make better; improve.

Verb

embetter (third-person singular simple present embetters, present participle embettering, simple past and past participle embettered)

  1. (transitive) To make better; improve.
    • For cruelty doth not embetter men,
      But them more wary make than they have been.1605, Samuel Daniel, Certaine small poems lately printed with the tragedie of Philotas
    • But they're allowed to use the money to change hearts and souls, to help save lives, to embetter the world we live in.2004, George W. Bush
    Synonyms:
    ameliorate, enhance

Synonyms of embetter

Antonyms

Forms of embetter

third-person singular presentembetters
present participleembettering
past participleembettered
pastembettered

Origin of embetter

From em- + better.

Words formed from embetter

Questions about embetter

What does embetter mean?
Embetter means to make better; improve.
What part of speech is embetter?
Embetter is a verb.
How do you pronounce embetter?
Embetter is pronounced /ɪmˈbɛtə(ɹ)/.
What is the past tense of embetter?
The past tense of embetter is embettered.

Words near embetter in the dictionary

  1. Emberlynn
  2. embers
  3. Emberton
  4. Embertons
  5. Emberá
  6. embetter
  7. embettering
  8. embetterment
  9. embetterments
  10. embetters
  11. embezzle

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