reimprovementn.
/ˌriːɪmˈpruːvm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌriᵻmˈpruvm(ə)nt/ The action of improving again; a renewed improvement.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > renewed or further improvement > instance of
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retouch1703
retouching1703
1618 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. IV. N.T. i. 364 For the childe of a Virgin is the reimprouement of that power, which created the world.
1731 S. Switzer Diss. True Cythisus of Ancients 3 The Beautifying and Re-improvement of those desolate, ravag'd, Kingdoms.
1850 H. Beaufort Heiress in her Minority I. lxiii. 460 Though many untoward circumstances combined to uncivilise this country, and then retard the re-improvement of our countrymen, you cannot say, Evelyn, that they are individually less brave and capable than they ever were.
1863 Jurist 27 Sept. 442/2 The re-improvements, re-meddlings, re-veto, re-half curses and compliments.
1903 N.Y. Times 6 Sept. 16/4 It is not too much to expect that they may be the forerunners of a further reimprovement of that historic district.
1941 Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 40 183 A retranslation (and possible reimprovement) of the present work back again into English would be very welcome.
2000 Building Design 18 Feb. 26/1 (advt.) You will have day-to-day responsibility for supervising the delivery of the annual re-improvement, major repair and cyclical decoration programme.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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