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meliorate

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mel⋅io⋅rate

  [meel-yuh-reyt, mee-lee-uh-]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.
ameliorate.
Origin:
1545–55; < L meliōrātus (ptp. of meliōrāre) to make better, improve, equiv. to meliōr- (s. of melior) better + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
mel⋅io⋅ra⋅ble  [meel-yer-uh-buhl, mee-lee-er-uh-] , adjective
mel⋅io⋅ra⋅tive  [meel-yuh-rey-tiv, -yer-uh-tiv, mee-lee-uh-rey-, -er-uh-] , adjective
mel⋅io⋅ra⋅tor, noun
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mel·io·rate   (mēl'yə-rāt', mē'lē-ə-)   
v.   mel·io·rat·ed, mel·io·rat·ing, mel·io·rates

v.   tr.
To make better; improve.
v.   intr.
To grow better.

[Latin meliōrāre, meliōrāt-, from melior, better; see mel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
mel'io·ra·ble (-rə-bəl) adj., mel'io·ra'tive adj. & n., mel'io·ra'tor n.
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