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To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard. Shak. Let no alien Sedley interpose To lard with wit thy hungry Epsom prose. Dryden.

An association for debate and literary improvement.

One of a religious congregation of the Roman Catholic Church devoted to the improvement of Armenians.

The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement. Bacon.

The doctrine that there is a tendency throughout nature toward improvement. J. Sully.

ardin. Northern muscadine (Bot.), a derivative of the northern fox grape, and scarcely an improvement upon it. -- Royal muscadine (Bot.), a European grape of great value. Its berries are large, round, and of a pale amber color. Called also golden chasselas.

resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals.

To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music.

; advance in the acquisition of any art, science, or knowledge; progression in knowledge; improvement; adeptness; as, to acquire proficiency in music.

To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance. I profit not by thy talk. Shak.

To make improvement; to advance. Bayard. If man progresses, art must progress too. Caird.

ng with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession.

ity or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of growth or improvement.

To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.

An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.

The act of revising, or reviewing and reëxamining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty.

verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. Locke.

Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.

A tax levied upon land alone, irrespective of improvements, -- advocated by certain economists as the sole source of public revenue.

re as the special patron of the poor and the afficted. Atterbury. To this special evil an improvement of style would apply a special redress. De Quincey.