AMELIORATE

AME'LIORATE, verb transitive [Latin melior, better.]To make better; to improve; to meliorate.AME'LIORATE, v.il To grow better; to meliorate.

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A‐mel″io‐rate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ameliorated (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Ameliorating.] [[L. ad + meliorare to make better: cf. F. améliorer. See Meliorate.]] To make better; to improve; to meliorate. In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. Macaulay.