embetter

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/ɪmˈbɛtə(ɹ)/

verb

To make better; improve.

Similar
ameliorateenhance
Opposite
pejorateworsen
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Meanings

verbembetter (third-person singular simple present embetters, present participle embettering, simple past and past participle embettered)

present singular third person embetters · participle present embettering · participle past embettered · past embettered

  1. transitiveTo make better; improve.

    For cruelty doth not embetter men, But them more wary make than they have been.

    1605, Samuel Daniel, Certaine small poems lately printed with the tragedie of Philotas
    2 more examples

    But they're allowed to use the money to change hearts and souls, to help save lives, to embetter the world we live in.

    2004, George W. Bush

    In order to embetter participation in global cultural dialogue, China has promoted dialogue at home, and has greatly adjusted the relationship between religion and Chinese society.

    2015, Paulos Z. Huang, Yearbook of Chinese Theology 2015, page 11

    Synonyms: ameliorate, enhance

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make better; improve.

Similar
ameliorateenhance

antonym(s) of

Opposite
pejorate
Opposite
worsen

Origin

From em- + better.

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APA

embetter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embetter

MLA

“embetter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embetter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “embetter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embetter.

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