improved

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

IMPROV'ED, participle passive Made better, wiser or more excellent; advanced immoral worth, knowledge or manners. 1. Made better; advanced in fertility or other good qualities. 2. Used to profit or good purpose; as opportunities of learning improved 3. Used; occupied; as improved land.
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