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meliorate

[ meel-yuh-reyt, mee-lee-uh- ]

verb (used with or without object)

, mel·io·rat·ed, mel·io·rat·ing.


meliorate

/ ˈmiːlɪəˌreɪt; ˈmiːlɪərətɪv /

verb

  1. a variant of ameliorate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈmeliorable, adjective
  • ˈmelioˌrator, noun
  • meliorative, adjectivenoun
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Other Words From

  • mel·io·ra·ble [meel, -yer-, uh, -b, uh, l, mee, -lee-er-, uh, -], adjective
  • mel·io·ra·tive [meel, -y, uh, -rey-tiv, -yer-, uh, -tiv, mee, -lee-, uh, -rey-, -er-, uh, -], adjective
  • melio·rator noun
  • un·melio·rated adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of meliorate1

1545–55; < Latin meliōrātus (past participle of meliōrāre ) to make better, improve, equivalent to meliōr- (stem of melior ) better + -ātus -ate 1
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Example Sentences

They must suppress the workings of British philanthropy, seeking to meliorate the condition of the unfortunate West Indian slave.

Some years ago several pious individuals undertook to meliorate the condition of the prisons.

Their adoption would promote the public service and meliorate the condition of the Army.

Why the hills behind Cladich, that people call tame, make a background that no art might meliorate.

May goodness, which thy heart did once enthrone, Emit one ray to meliorate my own!

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