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meliorative

me·lio·ra·tive

UK/ˈmiːlɪɒɹətɪv/ US/ˈmiːlɪəɹətɪv/ uncommon rare

adjective

1.

Origin

From Late Latin meliōrō (“make better, improve”) + English -ative (“tending to”, suffix forming adjectives).

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