meliorate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin melior "better"
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /miːliəreɪt/
[edit] Verb
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.
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:improve
