ameliorate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb to make better
    better; amend; meliorate; improve.
    • The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
  2. verb get better
    better; meliorate; improve.
    • The weather improved toward evening

WordNet

A*mel"io*rate transitive verb
Etymology
L. ad + meliorare to make better: cf. F. améliorer. See Meliorate.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Ameliorated present participle & verbal noun Ameliorating
Definitions
  1. To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
    In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. Macaulay.
A*mel"io*rate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.

Webster 1913