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bettership

noun

Etymology

From better + -ship. Compare West Frisian betterskip.

  1. inherited from *batizô✻
  2. inherited from *batiʀō✻
  3. inherited from betera
  4. inherited from better
  5. suffixed as bettership — “better + ship”

Definitions

  1. betterment

    betterment; improvement

    • Wherby it becomes the puffer vp to pride in the recluse, and the direction to disdaine, by dreaming still of bettership: […]
    • Time properly brings changes, but to those of us who have shared the spiritual responsibilities of such a Committee, its experiences have contributed conspicuously of bettership in our lives.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA