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meliorate

me·lio·rate

UK/ˈmiːli.əɹeɪt/ uncommon

verb

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to make better

  • “The editor improved the manuscript with his changes”
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2.

get better

  • “The weather improved toward evening”
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Origin

First attested in 1542; borrowed from Late Latin meliorātus, perfect passive participle of meliorō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from melior (“better”).

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