3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ameliorate \A*mel"io*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ameliorated};
p. pr & vb n. {Ameliorating}.] [L. ad + meliorare to make
better: cf F. am['e]liorer. See {Meliorate}.]
To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his
own condition. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ameliorate \A*mel"io*rate\, v. i.
To grow better; to meliorate; as wine ameliorates by age.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ameliorate
v 1: to make better in quality or more valuable; "The editor
improved the manuscript with his changes." [syn: {better},
{improve}, {amend}, {meliorate}] [ant: {worsen}]
2: get better; "The weather improved toward evening." [syn: {better},
{improve}, {meliorate}] [ant: {worsen}]
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