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2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ameliorating adj : tending to ameliorate [syn: {ameliorating(a)}, {ameliorative}, {amelioratory}, {meliorative}]
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