melioratedadj.

Brit.

/ˈmiːlɪəreɪtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈmiljəˌreɪdᵻd/,

/ˈmiliəˌreɪdᵻd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meliorate v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < meliorate v. + -ed suffix¹.

Improved, made better; = ameliorated adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [adjective] > improved

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1657 tr. B. Valentinus Last Will & Test. iii. 136 The same must be brought into one, without any losse and diminution, which is to enter into a new form again, and become a meliorated substance.

1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Wars of Jews iii. ii, in Wks. 859 Great Plenty of Fruits, both Wild, and Meliorated, or Domestique.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Husbandry To return the meliorated earth to the corn.

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 350 The first movement in the overture is grave and grand, in Lulli's meliorated style, by Handel.

1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 181 Christianity, in the romantic ages, signified European culture,—the grafted or meliorated tree in a crab forest.

1990 ELH 57 657 All of the ‘errors’ Wordsworth confesses to are part of a providential pattern that brings him back to his true self, and all of them are meliorated versions of the notorious crimes of Rousseau.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meliorated
释义	melioratedadj. Brit. /ˈmiːlɪəreɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈmiljəˌreɪdᵻd/, /ˈmiliəˌreɪdᵻd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meliorate v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < meliorate v. + -ed suffix¹. Improved, made better; = ameliorated adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [adjective] > improved ybetc1000 amendeda1382 bettered?1533 mended1548 well-improveda1643 improved1648 meliorated1657 enriched1691 ameliorated1788 stepped1933 uprated1967 1657 tr. B. Valentinus Last Will & Test. iii. 136 The same must be brought into one, without any losse and diminution, which is to enter into a new form again, and become a meliorated substance. 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Wars of Jews iii. ii, in Wks. 859 Great Plenty of Fruits, both Wild, and Meliorated, or Domestique. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Husbandry To return the meliorated earth to the corn. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 350 The first movement in the overture is grave and grand, in Lulli's meliorated style, by Handel. 1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 181 Christianity, in the romantic ages, signified European culture,—the grafted or meliorated tree in a crab forest. 1990 ELH 57 657 All of the ‘errors’ Wordsworth confesses to are part of a providential pattern that brings him back to his true self, and all of them are meliorated versions of the notorious crimes of Rousseau. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1657
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