† embetterv.

Forms: Also 1600s imbetter

Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + better adj.

Obsolete.

transitive. To make better.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (transitive)]

beetc975

betterOE

goodOE

sharpa1100

amendc1300

enhance1526

meliorate1542

embetter1568

endeara1586

enrich1598

meliorize1598

mend1603

sweeten1607

improve1617

to work up1641

ameliorate1653

solace1667

fine1683

ragout1749

to make something of1778

richen1795

transcendentalize1846

to tone up1847

to do something (also things) for (also to)1880

rich1912

to step up1920

uprate1965

up1968

nice1993

α.

1583 G. Peckham True Rep. Newfound Landes vii. sig. H.j Then..estates of such as now liue in want shalbe embettered.

1625 K. Long in tr. J. Barclay Argenis Ded. p. i Variety to please the minde, and Learning to embetter the iudgement.

1839 C. Richardson New Eng. Dict. ; and in mod. Dicts.

β. 1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1582) 363 To enlarge and imbetter my credite and estate.1605 S. Daniel Trag. Philotas v. i. sig. F^v Cruelty doth not imbetter men But them more wary makes.1680 W. Waller Divine Medit. (1839) 41 Those that are good are imbettered, even by the illness of those that are bad.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	embetter
释义	† embetterv. Forms: Also 1600s imbetter Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + better adj. Obsolete. transitive. To make better. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (transitive)] beetc975 betterOE goodOE sharpa1100 amendc1300 enhance1526 meliorate1542 embetter1568 endeara1586 enrich1598 meliorize1598 mend1603 sweeten1607 improve1617 to work up1641 ameliorate1653 solace1667 fine1683 ragout1749 to make something of1778 richen1795 transcendentalize1846 to tone up1847 to do something (also things) for (also to)1880 rich1912 to step up1920 uprate1965 up1968 nice1993 α. 1583 G. Peckham True Rep. Newfound Landes vii. sig. H.j Then..estates of such as now liue in want shalbe embettered. 1625 K. Long in tr. J. Barclay Argenis Ded. p. i Variety to please the minde, and Learning to embetter the iudgement. 1839 C. Richardson New Eng. Dict. ; and in mod. Dicts. β. 1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1582) 363 To enlarge and imbetter my credite and estate.1605 S. Daniel Trag. Philotas v. i. sig. F^v Cruelty doth not imbetter men But them more wary makes.1680 W. Waller Divine Medit. (1839) 41 Those that are good are imbettered, even by the illness of those that are bad. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1568
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