meliorate

mel·io·rate

M0206600 (mēl′yə-rāt′, mē′lē-ə-)v. mel·io·rat·ed, mel·io·rat·ing, mel·io·rates v.tr. To make better; improve.v.intr. To grow better.

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[Latin meliōrāre, meliōrāt-, from melior, better; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]

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mel′io·ra·ble (-rə-bəl) adj.mel′io·ra′tive adj. & n.mel′io·ra′tor n.

meliorate

(ˈmiːlɪəˌreɪt) vb a variant of ameliorate ˈmeliorable adj meliorative adj, n ˈmelioˌrator n

a•mel•io•rate

(əˈmil yəˌreɪt, əˈmi li ə-)

v.t., v.i. -rat•ed, -rat•ing. to make or become better or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate. [1760–70] a•mel′io•ra•ble, adj. a•mel`io•ra′tion, n. a•mel′io•ra`tive, adj. a•mel′io•ra`tor, n. syn: See improve.

meliorate

Past participle: meliorated
Gerund: meliorating

Imperative
meliorate
meliorate

Present
I meliorate
you meliorate
he/she/it meliorates
we meliorate
you meliorate
they meliorate

Preterite
I meliorated
you meliorated
he/she/it meliorated
we meliorated
you meliorated
they meliorated

Present Continuous
I am meliorating
you are meliorating
he/she/it is meliorating
we are meliorating
you are meliorating
they are meliorating

Present Perfect
I have meliorated
you have meliorated
he/she/it has meliorated
we have meliorated
you have meliorated
they have meliorated

Past Continuous
I was meliorating
you were meliorating
he/she/it was meliorating
we were meliorating
you were meliorating
they were meliorating

Past Perfect
I had meliorated
you had meliorated
he/she/it had meliorated
we had meliorated
you had meliorated
they had meliorated

Future
I will meliorate
you will meliorate
he/she/it will meliorate
we will meliorate
you will meliorate
they will meliorate

Future Perfect
I will have meliorated
you will have meliorated
he/she/it will have meliorated
we will have meliorated
you will have meliorated
they will have meliorated

Future Continuous
I will be meliorating
you will be meliorating
he/she/it will be meliorating
we will be meliorating
you will be meliorating
they will be meliorating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been meliorating
you have been meliorating
he/she/it has been meliorating
we have been meliorating
you have been meliorating
they have been meliorating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been meliorating
you will have been meliorating
he/she/it will have been meliorating
we will have been meliorating
you will have been meliorating
they will have been meliorating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been meliorating
you had been meliorating
he/she/it had been meliorating
we had been meliorating
you had been meliorating
they had been meliorating

Conditional
I would meliorate
you would meliorate
he/she/it would meliorate
we would meliorate
you would meliorate
they would meliorate

Past Conditional
I would have meliorated
you would have meliorated
he/she/it would have meliorated
we would have meliorated
you would have meliorated
they would have meliorated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	meliorate - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"ameliorate, improve, amend, betteralleviate, relieve, palliate, assuage - provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"aid, help - improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"revitalize, regenerate - restore strength; "This food revitalized the patient"alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"enrich - make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"build up, develop - change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better - get better; "The weather improved toward evening"turn around - improve dramatically; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"help - improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"upgrade - to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel"condition - put into a better state; "he conditions old cars"emend - make improvements or corrections to; "the text was emended in the second edition"iron out, put right, straighten out - settle or put right; "we need to iron out our disagreements"enhance - make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"fix, furbish up, mend, repair, bushel, doctor, touch on, restore - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"reform - make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system"reform - improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country"beautify, fancify, prettify, embellish - make more beautifulbuild - improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents"perfect, hone - make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"fine-tune, refine, polish, down - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"distill, make pure, purify, sublimate - remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"fructify - make productive or fruitful; "The earth that he fructified"lift, raise - invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"advance - develop further; "We are advancing technology every day"upgrade - give better travel conditions to; "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full"educate - give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better"
	2.	meliorate - get better; "The weather improved toward evening"ameliorate, improve, betterconvalesce, recover, recuperate - get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"heal - get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly"change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"see the light, straighten out, reform - change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"surge - see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead"turn around, pick up - improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up"ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"bounce back, get well, get over - improve in health; "He got well fast"heal, mend - heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending"fructify - become productive or fruitful; "The seeds fructified"upgrade - get better travel conditions; "I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked"

meliorate

verbTo advance to a more desirable state:ameliorate, amend, better, help, improve, upgrade.