ameliorate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ameliorate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ameliorate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ameliorate v to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" Synonym(s): better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate Antonym(s): aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen get better; "The weather improved toward evening" Synonym(s): better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate Antonym(s): decline, worsen
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ameliorate \Amel"iorate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ameliorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ameliorating}.] [L. ad + meliorare to make better: cf. F. am[82]liorer. See {Meliorate}.] To make better; to improve; to meliorate. In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ameliorate \Amel"iorate\, v. i. To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.