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Meliorate
Pronunciation : Mel"io*rate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. melioratus, p. p. of meliorare to meliorate, fr. melior better; akin to Gr. Ameliorate.]
Definition : Defn: To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable. Nature by art we nobly meliorate. Denham. The pure and bening light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. Washington.
t. [imp. & p. p. Meliorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Meliorating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Mel"io*rate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To grow better.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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