better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
(verb) get better; “The weather improved toward evening”
better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(verb) to make better; “The editor improved the manuscript with his changes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
meliorate (third-person singular simple present meliorates, present participle meliorating, simple past and past participle meliorated)
(transitive) To make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
(intransitive) To become better.
• See also improve
• ameliorate
Source: Wiktionary
Mel"io*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meliorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Meliorating.] Etym: [L. melioratus, p. p. of meliorare to meliorate, fr. melior better; akin to Gr. Ameliorate.]
Definition: 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.
Mel"io*rate, v. i.
Definition: To grow better.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 April 2025
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
