improve (v.)
- accommodate
- acculturate
- adapt
- adjust
- advance
- alter
- ameliorate
- amend
- apprentice
- benefit
- best
- better
- boost
- break
- breed
- cap
- change
- checker
- chop
- civilize
- complete
- condition
- convalesce
- convert
- correct
- crown
- culminate
- cultivate
- deform
- degenerate
- denature
- deteriorate
- develop
- deviate
- discipline
- diverge
- diversify
- drill
- edify
- edit
- educate
- elevate
- emend
- enhance
- enlighten
- enrich
- exceed
- excel
- exercise
- exploit
- fatten
- favor
- fit
- flop
- form
- forward
- foster
- further
- gain
- graduate
- groom
- help
- house-train
- housebreak
- illume
- illumine
- increase
- irradiate
- jibe
- lard
- lift
- mature
- meliorate
- mend
- mitigate
- modernize
- modify
- modulate
- mutate
- nurse
- nurture
- outweigh
- overbalance
- overbear
- overcome
- overhaul
- overthrow
- overtop
- perfect
- practice
- predominate
- prepare
- preponderate
- prevail
- progress
- promote
- qualify
- raise
- rally
- re-create
- ready
- realign
- rear
- rebuild
- recondition
- reconstruct
- recover
- recruit
- rectify
- recuperate
- redeem
- redesign
- redress
- refine
- refit
- reform
- refurbish
- rehabilitate
- rehearse
- remake
- remedy
- remodel
- renew
- renovate
- repair
- reshape
- restructure
- revamp
- revise
- revive
- ripen
- shift
- skyrocket
- socialize
- strengthen
- subvert
- surpass
- swerve
- tack
- top
- train
- transcend
- transfigure
- transform
- trump
- turn
- update
- upgrade
- uplift
- vary
- veer
- warp
- worsen
Catch, then, oh catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Life's a short summer, man a flower;
He dies—alas! how soon he dies!
How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower!
