AMELIORATING

Verb

ameliorating

present participle of ameliorate

Anagrams

• emigrational

Source: Wiktionary


AMELIORATE

A*mel"io*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ameliorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ameliorating.] Etym: [L. ad + meliorare to make better: cf. F. améliorer. See Meliorate.]

Definition: To make better; to improve; to meliorate. In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. Macaulay.

A*mel"io*rate, v. i.

Definition: To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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REPLACEMENT

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