Definition of
Meliorate
- (verb, change) get better
- (verb, change) to make better
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Synonyms of Meliorate
Alternate forms of Meliorate
Derivations: melioration, meliorative
Hyponyms: advance, aid, alleviate, assuage, beautify, bounce back, build, build up, bushel, condition, convalesce, develop, distill, doctor, down, educate, embellish, emend, enhance, enrich, fancify, fine-tune, fix, fructify, furbish up, get over, get well, heal, help, hone, iron out, lift, make pure, mend, palliate, perfect, pick up, polish, prettify, purify, put right, raise, recover, recuperate, refine, reform, regenerate, relieve, repair, restore, revitalize, see the light, straighten out, sublimate, surge, touch on, turn around, upgrade
Hypernyms: alter, change, change state, modify, turn
Origin of the word Meliorate
- 1552, "to make better," from L.L. melioratus, pp. of L. meliorare "improve," from melior "better," used as comp. of bonus "good," but probably originally meaning "stronger," from PIE base *mel- "strong, great, numerous" (cf. Gk. mala "very much, very," L. multus "much"). more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Meliorate
mallard, millerite, milliard, milord, minimal art, molarity, mole rat
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