bettered

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Not a night but some brown maiden Bettered all the dusk she strayed in, While the roses in her hair Bankrupted oblivion there.

From Songs from Vagabondia by Hovey, Richard

Mistress, friend, place, aims to be bettered straightway, Bettered not has Fate or my hand's achieving; Sole the showance those of my onward earth-track -    Never transcended!

From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas

Bettered: "In a season or two at farthest, I shall have a comedy for you that I believe will be worth your acceptance."

From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly