| 释义 |
† emˈbetter, v. Obs.
Also 7 imbetter
[f. en- + better, a.]
trans. To make better.
αc1583Peckham in Hakluyt Voyages (1600) III. 181 Then..estates of such as now liue in want shall be embettered. 1625Long tr. Barclay's Argenis (1636) Dedic. A 2 Varietie to please the minde, and Learning to embetter the Iudgement. 1839Richardson; and in mod. Dicts.
β1568North tr. Gueuara's Diall Pr. (1582) 363 To enlarge and imbetter my credite and estate. 1607Daniel Philotas v. Chorus, Crueltie doth not imbetter men. 1680Sir W. Waller Divine Medit. (1839) 41 Those that are good are imbettered, even by the illness of those that are bad. |