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Disimprove
Disimprove Dis`im*prove", v. t. To make worse; -- the opposite of improve. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
Disimprove
Disimprove Dis`im*prove", v. i. To grow worse; to deteriorate.
Disimprovement
Disimprovement Dis`im*prove"ment, n. Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement of the earth.
Improvability
Improvability Im*prov`a*bil"i*ty, n. The state or quality of being improvable; improvableness.
Improvable
Improvable Im*prov"a*ble, a. [From Improve.] 1. Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities. Man is accommodated with moral principles, improvable by the exercise of his faculties. --Sir M. Hale. I have a fine spread of improvable lands. --Addison. 2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable; serviceable; advantageous. The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hints to better. --Sir T. Browne. -- Im*pro"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*prov"a*bly, adv.
Improvably
Improvable Im*prov"a*ble, a. [From Improve.] 1. Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities. Man is accommodated with moral principles, improvable by the exercise of his faculties. --Sir M. Hale. I have a fine spread of improvable lands. --Addison. 2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable; serviceable; advantageous. The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hints to better. --Sir T. Browne. -- Im*pro"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*prov"a*bly, adv.
Improve
Improve Im*prove", v. t. [Pref. im- not + prove: cf. L. improbare, F. improuver.] 1. To disprove or make void; to refute. [Obs.] Neither can any of them make so strong a reason which another can not improve. --Tyndale. 2. To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure; as, to improve negligence. [Obs.] --Chapman. When he rehearsed his preachings and his doing unto the high apostles, they could improve nothing. --Tyndale.
Improve
Improve Im*prove", v. i. 1. To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health. We take care to improve in our frugality and diligence. --Atterbury. 2. To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse. ``Domitain improved in cruelty.' --Milner. 3. To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the price of cotton improves. To improve on or upon, to make useful additions or amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.
Improvement
Improvement Im*prove"ment, n. 1. 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. I look upon your city as the best place of improvement. --South. Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties. --Blair. 2. 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. ``A good improvement of his reason.' --S. Clarke. I shall make some improvement of this doctrine. --Tillotson. 3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old. The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, are improvements on the Greek poet. --Addison. 4. Increase; growth; progress; advance. There is a design of publishing the history of architecture, with its several improvements and decays. --Addison. Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity. --South. 5. pl. Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises. 6. (Patent Laws) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. --Kent.
Improver
Improver Im*prov"er, n. One who, or that which, improves.
Improvided
Improvided Im`pro*vid"ed, a. Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against; unprepared. [Obs.] All improvided for dread of death. --E. Hall.
Improvident
Improvident Im*prov"i*dent, a. [Pref. im- not + provident: cf. L. improvidus. See Provident, and cf. Imprudent.] Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man. Improvident soldires! had your watch been good, This sudden mischief never could have fallen. --Shak. Syn: Inconsiderable; negligent; careless; shiftless; prodigal; wasteful.
Improvidentially
Improvidentially Im*prov`i*den"tial*ly, adv. Improvidently. [R.]
Improvidently
Improvidently Im*prov"i*dent*ly, adv. In a improvident manner. ``Improvidently rash.' --Drayton.
Improving
Improving Im*prov"ing, a. Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better. -- Im*prov"ing*ly, adv. Improving lease (Scots Law), an extend lease to induce the tenant to make improvements on the premises.
Improving lease
Improving Im*prov"ing, a. Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better. -- Im*prov"ing*ly, adv. Improving lease (Scots Law), an extend lease to induce the tenant to make improvements on the premises.
Improvingly
Improving Im*prov"ing, a. Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better. -- Im*prov"ing*ly, adv. Improving lease (Scots Law), an extend lease to induce the tenant to make improvements on the premises.
Improvisate
Improvisate Im*prov"i*sate, a. [See Improvise.] Unpremeditated; impromptu; extempore. [R.]
Improvisate
Improvisate Im*prov"i*sate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Improvisated; p. pr. & vb. n. Improvisating.] To improvise; to extemporize.
Improvisated
Improvisate Im*prov"i*sate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Improvisated; p. pr. & vb. n. Improvisating.] To improvise; to extemporize.
Improvisating
Improvisate Im*prov"i*sate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Improvisated; p. pr. & vb. n. Improvisating.] To improvise; to extemporize.
Improvisation
Improvisation Im*prov`i*sa"tion, n. [Cf. F. improvisation.] 1. The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ. 2. That which is improvised; an impromptu.
Improvisatize
Improvisatize Im`pro*vis"a*tize, v. t. & i. Same as Improvisate.
Improvisator
Improvisator Im*prov"i*sa`tor, n. An improviser, or improvvisatore.
improvisatore
Improvvisatore Im`prov*vi`sa*to"re, n.; pl. Improvvisatori. [It. See Improvise.] One who composes and sings or recites rhymes and short poems extemporaneously. [Written also improvisatore.]
Improvisatore
Improvisatore Im`pro*vi`sa*to"re, n. See Improvvisatore.
Improvisatorial
Improvisatorial Im*prov`i*sa*to"ri*al, Improvisatory Im*prov"i*sa*to*ry, a. Of or pertaining to improvisation or extemporaneous composition.
Improvisatory
Improvisatorial Im*prov`i*sa*to"ri*al, Improvisatory Im*prov"i*sa*to*ry, a. Of or pertaining to improvisation or extemporaneous composition.
Improvisatrice
Improvisatrice Im`pro*vi`sa*tri"ce, n. See Improvvisatrice.
improvisatrice
Improvvisatrice Im`prov*vi`sa*tri"ce, n.; pl. Improvvisatrici. [It. See Improvise.] A female improvvisatore. [Written also improvisatrice.]

Meaning of Improv from wikipedia

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