meliorate
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[meel-yuh-reyt, mee-lee-uh-] 
Origin:
1545–55; < L meliōrātus (ptp. of meliōrāre) to make better, improve, equiv. to meliōr- (s. of melior) better + -ātus -ate 1
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
[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
[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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Meliorate
Mel"io*rate\ (m[=e]l"y[-o]*r[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meliorated (-r[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Meliorating.] [L. melioratus, p. p. of meliorare to meliorate, fr. melior better; akin to Gr. ma^llon rather, ma`la very. Cf. Ameliorate.] To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable. Nature by art we nobly meliorate. --Denham. The pure and bening light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. --Washington.Meliorate
Mel"io*rate\, v. i. To grow better.
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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").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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