meliorate

[ meel-yuh-reyt, mee-lee-uh- ]
/ ˈmil yəˌreɪt, ˈmi li ə- /
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verb (used with or without object), mel·io·rat·ed, mel·io·rat·ing.

ameliorate.

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Origin of meliorate

1545–55; <Latin meliōrātus (past participle of meliōrāre) to make better, improve, equivalent to meliōr- (stem of melior) better + -ātus-ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM meliorate

mel·io·ra·ble [meel-yer-uh-buhl, mee-lee-er-uh-], /ˈmil yər ə bəl, ˈmi li ər ə-/, adjectivemel·io·ra·tive [meel-yuh-rey-tiv, -yer-uh-tiv, mee-lee-uh-rey-, -er-uh-], /ˈmil yəˌreɪ tɪv, -yər ə tɪv, ˈmi li əˌreɪ-, -ər ə-/, adjectivemel·io·ra·tor, nounun·mel·io·rat·ed, adjective
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Words related to meliorate

advance, upgrade, better, ameliorate, correct, improve, soften

British Dictionary definitions for meliorate

meliorate
/ (ˈmiːlɪəˌreɪt) /

verb

a variant of ameliorate

Derived forms of meliorate

meliorable, adjectivemeliorative (ˈmiːlɪərətɪv), adjective, nounmeliorator, noun
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