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Definition of Improvs
1. improv [n] - See also: improv
Lexicographical Neighbors of Improvs
Literary usage of Improvs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"When this celebrated military engineer was called upon to repair or improvs the
fortresses of Landau, Breisach, it, ..."
2. Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society and Its by Henry Sumner Maine (1887)
"... or for what the authors of the modification conceived to be the better, and
the course of improvs- ment was continued through periods at which all tie ..."
3. The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and by Richard Phillips (1822)
"Obs.—Effect has been given to study; and improvs- ments have been accelerated,
in every branch of knowledge, by means of the Art of Printing. ..."
4. The Irish Quarterly Review (1856)
"... in the management of his individual concerns, will thus, in times of prosperity,
take advantage of his increased means, to extend and improvs his lands, ..."
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