Ameliorate Definition

ə-mēlyə-rāt

ameliorated, ameliorates, ameliorating

verb

ameliorated, ameliorates, ameliorating

To make or become better; improve.

Volunteers were able to ameliorate conditions in the refugee camp. Conditions are ameliorating.

American Heritage

To make or become better; improve.

Webster's New World

To make better, to improve; to heal; to solve a problem.

They offered some compromises in an effort to ameliorate the situation.

Wiktionary

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Origin of Ameliorate

Influenced by French améliorer and Latin a- (“to”) + melior (“better”).

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Alteration of meliorate

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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