"embetter" meaning in English

See embetter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪmˈbɛtə(ɹ)/ Forms: embetters [present, singular, third-person], embettering [participle, present], embettered [participle, past], embettered [past]
Etymology: From em- + better. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|better|alt1=em}} em- + better Head templates: {{en-verb}} embetter (third-person singular simple present embetters, present participle embettering, simple past and past participle embettered)
  1. (transitive) To make better; improve. Tags: transitive Synonyms: enhance Synonyms (to make something better): ameliorate Derived forms: embetterment Related terms: embitter
    Sense id: en-embetter-en-verb-XpKbasO~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en-

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "to make something worse",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of",
      "word": "pejorate"
    },
    {
      "word": "worsen"
    }
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      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From em- + better.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "embetters",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "embettering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "embettered",
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        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "embettered",
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
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        {
          "ref": "1605, Samuel Daniel, Certaine small poems lately printed with the tragedie of Philotas",
          "text": "For cruelty doth not embetter men,\nBut them more wary make than they have been.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, George W. Bush",
          "text": "But they're allowed to use the money to change hearts and souls, to help save lives, to embetter the world we live in.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Paulos Z. Huang, Yearbook of Chinese Theology 2015, page 11",
          "text": "In order to embetter participation in global cultural dialogue, China has promoted dialogue at home, and has greatly adjusted the relationship between religion and Chinese society.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To make better; improve."
      ],
      "id": "en-embetter-en-verb-XpKbasO~",
      "links": [
        [
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          "improve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make better; improve."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "embitter"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "to make something better",
          "word": "ameliorate"
        },
        {
          "word": "enhance"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɪmˈbɛtə(ɹ)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "embetter"
}
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      "english": "to make something worse",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of",
      "word": "pejorate"
    },
    {
      "word": "worsen"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "embetterment"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From em- + better.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "embetters",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "embettering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "embettered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "embettered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "embitter"
    }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English terms prefixed with en-",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1605, Samuel Daniel, Certaine small poems lately printed with the tragedie of Philotas",
          "text": "For cruelty doth not embetter men,\nBut them more wary make than they have been.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "2004, George W. Bush",
          "text": "But they're allowed to use the money to change hearts and souls, to help save lives, to embetter the world we live in.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Paulos Z. Huang, Yearbook of Chinese Theology 2015, page 11",
          "text": "In order to embetter participation in global cultural dialogue, China has promoted dialogue at home, and has greatly adjusted the relationship between religion and Chinese society.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make better; improve."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improve",
          "improve"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make better; improve."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈbɛtə(ɹ)/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to make something better",
      "word": "ameliorate"
    },
    {
      "word": "enhance"
    }
  ],
  "word": "embetter"
}

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