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AMELIORATIVE

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a⋅mel⋅io⋅rate

  [uh-meel-yuh-reyt, uh-mee-lee-uh-]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.
to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate.
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Origin:
1760–70; a- 5 + meliorate

Related forms:
a⋅mel⋅io⋅ra⋅ble, adjective
a⋅mel⋅io⋅ra⋅ble⋅ness, noun
a⋅mel⋅io⋅rant, noun
a⋅mel⋅io⋅ra⋅tive, a⋅mel⋅io⋅ra⋅to⋅ry  [uh-meel-yer-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, uh-mee-lee-uh-] , adjective
a⋅mel⋅io⋅ra⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
amend, better. See improve.

Antonyms:
worsen.
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a·mel·io·rate   (ə-mēl'yə-rāt')   
tr. & intr.v.   a·me·lio·rat·ed, a·me·lio·rat·ing, a·me·lio·rates
To make or become better; improve. See Synonyms at improve.

[Alteration of meliorate.]
a·mel'io·ra·ble (-rə-bəl) adj., a·mel'io·ra'tive adj., a·mel'io·ra'tor n.
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