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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.
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ameliorating
(gcide) | 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
(wn) | ameliorating
adj 1: tending to ameliorate [syn: ameliorating(a),
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.
[1913 Webster]
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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