Improve

·vi To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.

II. Improve ·vt To disprove or make void; to Refute.

III. Improve ·vt To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to;

— said with reference to what is bad.

IV. Improve ·vi To Increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves.

V. Improve ·vt To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land.

VI. Improve ·vi To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health.

VII. Improve ·vt To Disapprove; to find fault with; to Reprove; to Censure; as, to improve negligence.

VIII. Improve ·vt To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to Utilize; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means.