Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
IMPROVEMENT
improvement
(noun) the act of improving something; “their improvements increased the value of the property”
improvement, betterment, advance
(noun) a change for the better; progress in development
improvement, melioration
(noun) a condition superior to an earlier condition; “the new school represents a great improvement”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
improvement (countable and uncountable, plural improvements)
The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
The state of being improved; betterment; advance
Something which is improved
Increase; growth; progress; advance.
(in plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc, on premises.
(Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
Synonyms
• improval, amelioration
Antonyms
• worsening
• deterioration
• disimprovement
Hyponyms
• self-improvement
Source: Wiktionary
Im*prove"ment, n.
1. 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. I look upon your city as the best place of improvement. South. Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties. Blair.
2. 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. "A good improvement of his reason." S. Clarke. I shall make some improvement of this doctrine. Tillotson.
3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old. The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, are improvements on the Greek poet. Addison.
4. Increase; growth; progress; advance. There is a design of publishing the history of architecture, with its several improvements and decays. Addison. Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity. South.
5. pl.
Definition: Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
6. (Patent Laws)
Definition: A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. Kent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ONCHOCERCIASIS
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