meliorate

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meliorate

  • /ˈmiːli.əɹeɪt/

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First attested in 1542; borrowed from Late Latin meliorātus, perfect passive participle of meliorō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from melior (“better”).

verb meliorates · meliorating · meliorated

  1. transitive To make better; to improve; to solve a problem. They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement.
  2. intransitive To become better.

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