A third important lesson is that we are not to confound revision with ruin, or to suppose that because a book is marvellously good it cannot conceivably be Bettered.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
Our chances of getting meat would have been Bettered by following close to the open water, but the ice there was such that no progress could be made.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
He was not aware, at that time, that no woman will ever admit she has Bettered herself by marrying a given man.
"Command"
William McFee