the Week of Proper 7 / Ordinary 12
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Bible Dictionaries
Improvement
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
(2):
(n.) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
(3):
(n.) The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc.
(4):
(n.) Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
(5):
(n.) The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old.
(6):
(n.) Increase; growth; progress; advance.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Improvement'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/i/improvement.html. 1828.
