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ameliorate - 4 dictionary results

a⋅mel⋅io⋅rate

  [uh-meel-yuh-reyt, uh-mee-lee-uh-]
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–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

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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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.

Ameliorate

A*mel"io*rate\, v. i. To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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