S: (v) enrich (make better or improve in quality) "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"
S: (v) build up, develop (change the use of and make available or usable) "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"
S: (v) turn around (improve dramatically) "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"
S: (v) help (improve; change for the better) "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"
S: (v) upgrade (to improve what was old or outdated) "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel"
S: (v) condition (put into a better state) "he conditions old cars"
S: (v) emend (make improvements or corrections to) "the text was emended in the second edition"
S: (v) groom, neaten (care for one's external appearance) "He is always well-groomed"
S: (v) cleanse, clean (clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing) "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
S: (v) bathe (cleanse the entire body) "bathe daily"
S: (v) shower (take a shower; wash one's body in the shower) "You should shower after vigorous exercise"
S: (v) foment (bathe with warm water or medicated lotions) "His legs should be fomented"
S: (v) wash (to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking) "The cat washes several times a day"
S: (v) wash, lave (cleanse (one's body) with soap and water)
S: (v) dress, groom, curry (give a neat appearance to) "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"
S: (v) dress up, window-dress (make something appear superficially attractive) "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"
S: (v) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill (remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation) "purify the water"
S: (v) fructify (make productive or fruitful) "The earth that he fructified"
S: (v) raise, lift (invigorate or heighten) "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
S: (v) advance (develop further) "We are advancing technology every day"
S: (v) upgrade (give better travel conditions to) "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full"
S: (v) educate (give an education to) "We must educate our youngsters better"
S: (v) disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out (extricate from entanglement) "Can you disentangle the cord?"
S: (v) reform, straighten out, see the light (change for the better) "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"