MELIORATED

Adjective

meliorated

made better; improved

Verb

meliorated

simple past tense and past participle of meliorate

Synonyms

• ameliorated

Source: Wiktionary

MELIORATE

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