IMPROVE

verb (~d; improving) see: proud Date: circa 1529 transitive verb employ , use , 2. to enhance in value or quality ; make better, to increase the value of (land or property) by making it more useful for humans (as by cultivation or the erection of buildings), to grade and drain (a road) and apply surfacing material other than pavement, to use to good purpose, intransitive verb to advance or make progress in what is desirable, to make useful additions or amendments, improvability noun improvable adjective ~r noun Synonyms: see: ~