Meliorate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmiːli.əɹeɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Meliorate is a verb meaning (transitive) To make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
Meaning
(transitive) To make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To become better.
Example Sentences
Nature by art we nobly meliorate.
They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement.
June 8, 1783, George Washington, Circular to the States […] and the pure and benign light of revelation have had a meliorating influence on mankind.
Word Forms
- meliorates
- meliorating
- meliorated
Synonyms for meliorate
Depending on context, synonyms include ameliorate, refine, resolve, amend, batten, better.
Antonyms for meliorate
Common opposites include decline, exacerbate, aggravate, exasperate, worsen.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ameliorate, amend, improve, better, meliorize, ameliorize.
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