meliorate
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- meliorable adjective
- meliorative adjective
- meliorator noun
- unmeliorated adjective
Etymology
Origin of meliorate
1545–55; < Latin meliōrātus (past participle of meliōrāre ) to make better, improve, equivalent to meliōr- (stem of melior ) better + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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“I consider such easy vehicles of knowledge, more happily calculated than any other, to preserve the liberty, stimulate the industry and meliorate the morals of an enlightened and free People.”
From Seattle Times
But two new animal studies offer some succor: Aerobic exercise, it turns out, may meliorate some of the impacts of heavy drinking on the brain.
From New York Times
The dilemma here is palpable: take my advice and you can meliorate inhumane and inhuman living conditions.
From Salon
This Howard felt, and, by his efforts to meliorate their condition, he became the acknowledged prince of philanthropists, and earned an immortal and sacred fame.
From Project Gutenberg
Mr. Buxton's public life was devoted to meliorating the condition of the unfortunate classes of society.
From Project Gutenberg
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