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.
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.
Im*prove", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Improved (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Improving.] [Pref. in- in + prove, in approve. See Approve, Prove.] 1.
To make better; to increase the value or good qualities of; to
ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve land. Donne.
I love not to improve the honor of the living by impairing that of
the dead.
Denham.
2. To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to
profitable account; to utilize; 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 opportunity.
Blackstone.
How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour.