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meliorate

[ meel-yuh-reyt, mee-lee-uh- ]

verb (used with or without object)

meliorated, meliorating.


meliorate

/ ˈmiːlɪəˌreɪt; ˈmiːlɪərətɪv /

verb

  1. a variant of ameliorate
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǰ, adjective
  • ˈˌٴǰ, noun
  • meliorative, adjectivenoun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··· [meel, -yer-, uh, -b, uh, l, mee, -lee-er-, uh, -], adjective
  • ···پ [meel, -y, uh, -rey-tiv, -yer-, uh, -tiv, mee, -lee-, uh, -rey-, -er-, uh, -], adjective
  • i·tǰ noun
  • ܲ·i·e adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of meliorate1

1545–55; < Latin ōٳܲ (past participle of ō ) to make better, improve, equivalent to ō- (stem of melior ) better + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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“I consider such easy vehicles of knowledge, more happily calculated than any other, to preserve the liberty, stimulate the industry and meliorate the morals of an enlightened and free People.”

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But two new animal studies offer some succor: Aerobic exercise, it turns out, may meliorate some of the impacts of heavy drinking on the brain.

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The dilemma here is palpable: take my advice and you can meliorate inhumane and inhuman living conditions.

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This Howard felt, and, by his efforts to meliorate their condition, he became the acknowledged prince of philanthropists, and earned an immortal and sacred fame.

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Mr. Buxton's public life was devoted to meliorating the condition of the unfortunate classes of society.

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