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Meliorating
(gcide) | Meliorate \Mel"io*rate\ (m[=e]l"y[-o]*r[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Meliorated (m[=e]l"y[-o]*r[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Meliorating.] [L. melioratus, p. p. of meliorare to
meliorate, fr. melior better; akin to Gr. ma^llon rather,
ma`la very. Cf. Ameliorate.]
To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make
more tolerable.
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Nature by art we nobly meliorate. --Denham.
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The pure and benign light of revelation has had a
meliorating influence on mankind. --Washington.
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Ameliorating
(gcide) | Ameliorate \A*mel"io*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ameliorated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Ameliorating.] [L. ad + meliorare to make
better: cf. F. am['e]liorer. See Meliorate.]
To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
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In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his
own condition. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]ameliorating \ameliorating\ adj. prenom. [p. pr. of
ameliorate.]
causing improvement in or reducing the bad effects of an
unfavorable condition.
Syn: ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative
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ameliorating
(gcide) | Ameliorate \A*mel"io*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ameliorated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Ameliorating.] [L. ad + meliorare to make
better: cf. F. am['e]liorer. See Meliorate.]
To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
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In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his
own condition. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]ameliorating \ameliorating\ adj. prenom. [p. pr. of
ameliorate.]
causing improvement in or reducing the bad effects of an
unfavorable condition.
Syn: ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative
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amelioratingprenominal ameliorative amelioratory meliorative
(gcide) | bettering \bettering\ adj.
changing for the better; -- antonym of worsening. [Narrower
terms: {ameliorating(prenominal), ameliorative, amelioratory,
meliorative}]
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ameliorating
(wn) | ameliorating
adj 1: tending to ameliorate [syn: ameliorating(a),
ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative] |
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