† improvatoryadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: improve v.², -atory suffix².

Etymology: Irregularly < improve v.² + -atory suffix² (for models, compare the adjectives cited in the quot.).

Obsolete. rare.

Tending or serving to improve someone or something; improving.

ΚΠ

1835 New Monthly Mag. Nov. 298 Three or four hundred letters..hortatory, dehortatory, expostulatory, improvatory, and exclamatory!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	improvatory
释义	† improvatoryadj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: improve v.², -atory suffix². Etymology: Irregularly < improve v.² + -atory suffix² (for models, compare the adjectives cited in the quot.). Obsolete. rare. Tending or serving to improve someone or something; improving. ΚΠ 1835 New Monthly Mag. Nov. 298 Three or four hundred letters..hortatory, dehortatory, expostulatory, improvatory, and exclamatory! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1835
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