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a·mel·io·rate    Audio Help   [uh-meel-yuh-reyt, uh-mee-lee-uh-] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -rat·ed, -rat·ing.
to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate.

[Origin: 1760–70; a-5 + meliorate]

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    Audio Help   [uh-meel-yer-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, uh-mee-lee-uh-] Pronunciation Key, adjective
a·mel·io·ra·tor, noun

amend, better. See improve.
worsen.
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a·mel·io·rate    Audio Help   (ə-mēl'yə-rāt')  Pronunciation Key 
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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ameliorate

verb
1. to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better] [ant: aggravate
2. get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn: better] [ant: decline

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Ameliorate

A*mel"io*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ameliorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ameliorating.] [L. ad + meliorare to make better: cf. F. am['e]liorer. See Meliorate.] To make better; to improve; to meliorate.

In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. --Macaulay.
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Ameliorate

A*mel"io*rate\, v. i. To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
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ameliorate

ameliorate was Word of the Day on July 16, 1999.

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