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View synonyms for meliorate
meliorate
[ meel-yuh-reyt, mee-lee-uh- ]
meliorate
/ ˈmiːlɪəˌreɪt; ˈmiːlɪərətɪv /
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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
- melio·rator noun
- un·melio·rated 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.
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Some years ago several pious individuals undertook to meliorate the condition of the prisons.
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Their adoption would promote the public service and meliorate the condition of the Army.
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Why the hills behind Cladich, that people call tame, make a background that no art might meliorate.
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May goodness, which thy heart did once enthrone, Emit one ray to meliorate my own!
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