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• improve the occasion — 1. To seize an opportunity for edification or other purpose 2. To draw a moral from what has happened • • • Main Entry: ↑improve …   Useful english dictionary

• Improve — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• improve — (v.) late 15c., to use to one s profit, to increase (income), from Anglo Fr. emprouwer to turn to profit (late 13c.), from O.Fr. en , causative prefix, + prou profit, from L. prode advantageous (see PROUD (Cf. proud)). Spelling with v was rare… …   Etymology dictionary

• Occasion — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Occasion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,135,} timeliness occasion opportunity opening room Sgm: N 1 event event =>(eventuality) ???>151 Sgm: N 1 suitable season suitable season …   English dictionary for students

• improve — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, acculturate, adapt, adjust, advance, alter, ameliorate, amend, apprentice, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, benefit, benefit from, best, better, boost, bottom out, brace up, break, break in,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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