[ɪmˈpruːv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make or become better
(e.g: efforts to improve relations between the countries)


Phrases:
- on the improve

Origin:
early 16th century (as emprowe or improwe): from Anglo-Norman French emprower (based on Old French prou ‘profit’, ultimately from Latin prodest ‘is of advantage’); -owe was changed to -ove under the influence of prove. The original sense was ‘make a profit, increase the value of’; subsequently ‘make greater in amount or degree’