(n.) 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.
(n.) The act of making profitable use or applicaton of
anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good
account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory,
stated in a discourse.
(n.) The state of being improved; betterment; advance;
also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on
the old.
(n.) Increase; growth; progress; advance.
(n.) Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings,
clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
(n.) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine,
manufacture, or composition.
