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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.

Much improving. [Obs.]

The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.

A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano. Swift.

Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion; as, a cosmetical preparation. First, robed in white, the nymph intent adores, With head uncovered, the cosmetic powers. Pope.

Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation. -- Ed"i*fy`ing*ly, adv. -- Ed"i*fy`ing*ness, n.

The science of improving stock, whether human or animal. F. Galton.

; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means. Shak. We shall especially honor God by improving diligently the talents which God hath committed to us. Barrow. A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved. Addison. The court seldom fails to improve the oppotunity. Blackstone. How doth the little bu…

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.…

bathing the skin, or an injured or diseased part, either for a medicinal purpose, or for improving its appearance.

doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind. Addison.

One who instructs in the art of improving or using the memory.

Treatment for restoring or improving the voice.

Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. Progressive euchre or whist, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table. -- Progressive muscular atrophy (Med.), a nervous d…

a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene.

Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.

ty. On these two general heads all other specialities are depedent. Hooker. Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow- mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his speciality. Ld. Lytton. We 'll sa…

Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary.

The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification.