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embettering

embettering is the present participle and gerund of embetter.

Meaning of embetter

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
    Synonyms:
    ameliorate, enhance

Questions about embettering

What is embettering the present participle and gerund of?
Embettering is the present participle and gerund of embetter.

Words near embettering in the dictionary

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

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