MELIORATE

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

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• See also improve

• ameliorate

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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