meliorate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin melior "better"
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /miːliəreɪt/
Verb[edit]
meliorate (third-person singular simple present meliorates, present participle meliorating, simple past and past participle meliorated)
- (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.
- They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement.
- Denham
- Nature by art we nobly meliorate.
- Washington
- The pure and benign light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:improve
