'Meliorate' definitions:
Definition of 'meliorate'
(from WordNet)
verb
To make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen]
verb
Get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: decline, worsen]
Definition of 'Meliorate'
From: GCIDE
- Meliorate \Mel"io*rate\ (m[=e]l"y[-o]*r[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meliorated (m[=e]l"y[-o]*r[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Meliorating.] [L. melioratus, p. p. of meliorare to meliorate, fr. melior better; akin to Gr. ma^llon rather, ma`la very. Cf. Ameliorate.] To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable. [1913 Webster]
- Nature by art we nobly meliorate. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- The pure and benign light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. --Washington. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Meliorate'
From: GCIDE
- Meliorate \Mel"io*rate\, v. i. To grow better. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'meliorate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- acculturate,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- advance,
- air,
- alter,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- be changed,
- be converted into,
- be renewed,
- better,
- boost,
- bottom out,
- break,
- break up,
- bring forward,
- change,
- checker,
- chop,
- chop and change,
- civilize,
- come about,
- come along,
- come around,
- come on,
- come round,
- convert,
- deform,
- degenerate,
- denature,
- descant,
- deteriorate,
- develop,
- deviate,
- diapason,
- diverge,
- diversify,
- edify,
- educate,
- elevate,
- emend,
- enhance,
- enlighten,
- enrich,
- fatten,
- favor,
- fit,
- flop,
- forward,
- foster,
- gain,
- gain ground,
- get ahead,
- get along,
- go ahead,
- go forward,
- go straight,
- graduate,
- grow better,
- haul around,
- improve,
- improve upon,
- jibe,
- lard,
- lay,
- lift,
- look up,
- make an improvement,
- make headway,
- make progress,
- make strides,
- measure,
- melodia,
- mend,
- mitigate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mutate,
- nurture,
- overthrow,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- progress,
- promote,
- qualify,
- raise,
- re-create,
- realign,
- rebuild,
- reconstruct,
- redesign,
- refine upon,
- refit,
- reform,
- remake,
- renew,
- reshape,
- restructure,
- revamp,
- revive,
- ring the changes,
- shape up,
- shift,
- shift the scene,
- show improvement,
- shuffle the cards,
- skyrocket,
- socialize,
- straighten out,
- strain,
- subvert,
- swerve,
- tack,
- take a turn,
- take off,
- transfigure,
- transform,
- tune,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turn into,
- turn the corner,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn upside down,
- undergo a change,
- upgrade,
- uplift,
- vary,
- veer,
- warble,
- warp,
- work a change,
- worsen