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ameliorate
/ əˈmiːljəˌreɪt; əˈmiːljərəbəl /
verb
- to make or become better; improve
Usage
Derived Forms
- ameliorable, adjective
- aˈmelioˌrator, noun
- aˈmeliorative, adjective
- aˈmeliorant, noun
Other Words From
- a·mel·io·ra·ble adjective
- a·mel·io·ra·ble·ness noun
- a·mel·io·rant noun
- a·mel·io·ra·tive a·mel·io·ra·to·ry [uh, -, meel, -yer-, uh, -tawr-ee, uh, -, mee, -lee-, uh, -], adjective
- a·mel·io·ra·tor noun
- un·a·mel·io·ra·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of ameliorate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ameliorate1
Example Sentences
He wants to attack the root causes of poverty rather than simply ameliorate root symptoms.
At the time, Bratton sought to ameliorate the tension between the LAPD and Muslims.
Our first priority should be to ameliorate those circumstances.
Scientists therefore have to examine all those genes en masse to cure or ameliorate the disease.
“Isolation itself is very damaging, and there is no way to ameliorate it,” Kupers told The Daily Beast.
Still the King managed to retain his popularity, and in his own way attempted to ameliorate the lot of his subjects.
And the Church never, never raised a finger to ameliorate their condition.
That was an evil with which the clergy did not grapple; they would ameliorate it, but did not seek to remove it.
By the law de provinciis ordinandis, he sought to regulate the provinces and ameliorate their administration.
Many physicians had exerted their utmost skill in endeavouring to ameliorate his condition.
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