The act of improving; advancement or growth;
promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better;
melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads,
etc.
The act of making profitable use or
applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a
turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine,
principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
The state of being improved; betterment;
advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an
improvement on the old.
Increase; growth; progress;
advance.
Valuable additions or
betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on
premises.
A useful addition to,
or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
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