Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ameliorate"
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) 1.7 (wn)
ameliorate
v 1: to make better; "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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