meliorate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: meliorate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for meliorate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meliorate 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]:
Meliorate \Mel"iorate\ (m[emac]l"y[osl]r[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meliorated} (-r[amac]`t[ecr]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. Nature by art we nobly meliorate. --Denham. The pure and bening light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. --Washington.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meliorate \Mel"io*rate\, v. i. To grow better.