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Thesaurus: meliorate

To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

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  1. v. t. To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.
  2. v. i. To grow better.
  3. v. to make better
  4. v. get better
  5. To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable. Nature by art we nobly meliorate. Denham. The pure and bening light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. Washington. To grow better.
  6. To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to makemore tolerable.Nature by art we nobly meliorate. Denham.The pure and bening light of revelation has had a melioratinginfluence on mankind. Washington.
  7. v to make better v get better