English

Verb

meliorate ‎(third-person singular simple present meliorates, present participle meliorating, simple past and past participle meliorated)

1. (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.

   They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement.

   • Denham

     Nature by art we nobly meliorate.

   • Washington

     The pure and benign light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:improve
• ameliorate

Derived terms

• meliorable
• meliorative
• meliorator

Related terms

• ameliorate

Latin

Verb

meliōrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of meliōrō