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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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