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Definition of AMELIORATE
transitive verb
: to make better or more tolerable
intransitive verb
: to grow better
— ame·lio·ra·tion\-?mel-y?-'ra-sh?n, -?me-le-?-\ noun
— ame·lio·ra·tive\-'mel-y?-?ra-tiv, -'me-le-?-\ adjective
— ame·lio·ra·tor\-?ra-t?r\ noun
— ame·lio·ra·to·ry\-r?-?to?r-e\ adjective
Examples of AMELIORATE
trying to ameliorate the suffering of people who have lost their jobs
This medicine should help ameliorate the pain.
The disparate impact of the risk imposed by the “loser pays” rule can be ameliorated. Indeed, there are features of the British legal system which have led some observers to find the rule … to be considerably more benign to poorer litigants. —Edward F. Sherman, Texas Law Review, June 1998
And, after all, some illnesses are psychogenic. Many can be at least ameliorated by a positive cast of mind. —Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, 1996
Even the abolitionists gave their attention not to the task of ameliorating conditions among slaves but to transforming slaves into free people. —John Hope Franklin, “The Land of Room Enough,” 1981, in Race and History, 1989
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Origin of AMELIORATE
alteration of meliorate (see meliorate)
First Known Use: 1656
Related to AMELIORATE
Synonyms: improve, amend, better, enhance, enrich, help, meliorate, perfect, refine, upgrade
Antonyms: worsen
Related Words: correct, emend, rectify, reform, remediate, remedy; edit, fine-tune, redraft, refurbish, rehab, rehabilitate, revamp, revise, rework; beef (up), boost, fortify, intensify, reinforce (also reenforce), strengthen; fine, hone, polish; retouch, touch up
Near Antonyms: damage, endamage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, spoil, tarnish, vitiate; blemish, blight, deface, disfigure, flaw, mar; diminish, lessen, lower, reduce
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