improve.
To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
Meaning & usage
To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
Painting the woodwork will improve this house.
Buying more servers would improve performance.
To become better.
I have improved since taking the tablets.
The error messages have improved since the last version, when they were incomprehensible.
To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
to improve one's time; to improve his means
Where this word comes from
From Anglo-Norman emprouwer, from Old French en- + prou (“profit”), from Vulgar Latin prode (“advantageous, profitable”).
To disprove or make void; to refute.
To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
Where this word comes from
From Latin improbō (“disapprove, reject”). Doublet of improbate.
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