BETTER (3)

Bet″ter, adv.; compar. of Well. 1. 1. In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits.
I could have better spared a better man. Shak. 2. 2. More correctly or thoroughly.
The better to understand the extent of our knowledge. Locke. 3. 3. In a higher or greater degree; more; as, to love one better than another.
Never was monarch better feared, and loved. Shak. 4. 4. More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better.
To think better of (any one), to have a more favorable opinion of any one. — To think better of (an opinion, resolution, etc.), to reconsider and alter one's decision.