yəˌreɪt, ˈmi Origin:
1545–55; < Latin meliōrātus (past participle of meliōrāre) to make better, improve, equivalent to meliōr- (stem of melior) better + -ātus -ate1
1545–55; < Latin meliōrātus (past participle of meliōrāre) to make better, improve, equivalent to meliōr- (stem of melior) better + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
mel·io·ra·tor, noun
un·mel·io·rat·ed, adjective
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| —vb | |
| a variant of ameliorate | |
| 'meliorable | |
| —adj | |
| meliorative | |
| —adj, —n | |
| 'meliorator | |
| —n | |
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meliorate
1552, "to make better," from L.L. melioratus, pp. of L. meliorare "improve," from melior "better," used as comp. of bonus "good," but probably originally meaning "stronger," from PIE base *mel- "strong, great, numerous" (cf. Gk. mala "very much, very," L. multus "much").
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