Embetter

//ɪmˈbɛtə(ɹ)// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
To make better; improve. transitive
"For cruelty doth not embetter men, But them more wary make than they have been."

Synonyms

ameliorate enhance

Antonyms

pejorate worsen

Example

"For cruelty doth not embetter men, But them more wary make than they have been."

Etymology

From em- + better.

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