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.
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Origin of Ameliorate

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration of meliorate

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

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