Found 2 items, similar to meliorate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: meliorate meliorate v 1: to make better; “The editor improved the manuscript with his changes” [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate] [ant: worsen] 2: get better; “The weather improved toward evening” [syn: better, improve, ameliorate] [ant: worsen]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Meliorate 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] Meliorate \Mel"io*rate\, v. i. To grow better. [1913 Webster]