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Definition of Improves
1. improve [v] - See also: improve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Improves
Literary usage of Improves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Soil Management by Thomas Lyttleton Lyon, Elmer Otterbein Fippin (1909)
"(12) Increases crop yields, and improves sanitary conditions of the region. 110.
... improves the structure.—Drainage improves the granular structure of ..."
2. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist: A Popular Illustration of the Principles by Richard Green Moulton (1885)
"How SHAKESPEARE improves THE STORIES IN THE TELLING. A Study in Dramatic Workmanship.
CHAP. II. TN treating the Story as the raw material of the Roman- Two ..."
3. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"... of sharp-sighted calculating shrewdness, which they do not bring with them,
but no way improves their own quick native wit and natural national humour. ..."
4. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1805)
"... PHUS improves COMMERCE. HIS DEATH. • THE Greeks, after they had been subjected^by
the Macedonians, and rendered dependent on their authority, seemed, ..."
5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"The temperature improves, and the climate during the rains is pleasant and healthy.
During the six years ending 1881-82, the average rainfall was 156-6 ..."
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