Weapons more violent, when next we meet,
May serve to better us and worse our foes.
Milton.
Syn. -- To improve; meliorate; ameliorate; mend; amend; correct; emend; reform; advance; promote.
Bet"ter, v. i. To become better; to improve. Carlyle.
Bet"ter, n. One who bets or lays a wager.
Bet"ter*ment (&?;), n. 1. A making better; amendment; improvement. W. Montagu.
2. (Law) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. [U. S.] Bouvier.
Bet"ter*most` (&?;), a. Best. [R.] "The bettermost classes." Brougham.
Bet"ter*ness, n. 1. The quality of being better or superior; superiority. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.