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alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieve
provide physical relief, as from pain
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aid, help
improve the condition of
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regenerate, revitalize
restore strength
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enrich
make better or improve in quality
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build up, develop
change the use of and make available or usable
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turn around
improve dramatically
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help
improve; change for the better
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upgrade
to improve what was old or outdated
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condition
put into a better state
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emend
make improvements or corrections to
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iron out, put right, straighten out
settle or put right
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enhance
make better or more attractive
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bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
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reform
make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
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reform
improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
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beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify
make more beautiful
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build
improve the cleansing action of
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hone, perfect
make perfect or complete
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down, fine-tune, polish, refine
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
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distill, make pure, purify, sublimate
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
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fructify
make productive or fruitful
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lift, raise
invigorate or heighten
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advance
develop further
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upgrade
give better travel conditions to
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educate
give an education to
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groom, neaten
care for one's external appearance
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curry, dress, groom
give a neat appearance to
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soothe
cause to feel better
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bring around, cure, heal
provide a cure for, make healthy again
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comfort, ease
lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
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redevelop
change the plans for the use of (land)
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fill out, round out
make bigger or better or more complete
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optimise, optimize
make optimal; get the most out of; use best
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choke, throttle
reduce the air supply
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recondition
bring into an improved condition
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follow up
increase the effectiveness or success of by further action
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retouch, touch up
alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance
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rejuvenate
make younger or more youthful
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fiddle, tinker
try to fix or mend
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fill
plug with a substance
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patch, piece
repair by adding pieces
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cobble
repair or mend
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point, repoint
repair the joints of bricks
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trouble-shoot, troubleshoot
solve problems
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patch, patch up
mend by putting a patch on
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dress up, window-dress
make something appear superficially attractive
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slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, titivate, tittivate
make neat, smart, or trim
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brush up, polish, polish up, round, round off
bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
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over-refine, overrefine
refine too much or with excess of subtlety
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rectify, refine
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
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purge
rid of impurities
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feed, fertilise, fertilize
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
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resole, sole
put a new sole on
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revamp, vamp
provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
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heel, reheel
put a new heel on
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settle
establish or develop as a residence
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polish, shine, smooth, smoothen
make (a surface) shine
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darn
repair by sewing
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benefit, do good
be beneficial for
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socialise, socialize
train for a social environment
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groom, prepare, train
educate for a future role or function
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co-educate, coeducate
educate persons of both sexes together
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school
educate in or as if in a school
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civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school, train
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
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become, suit
enhance the appearance of