Category:Ameliorate

A*mel"io*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ameliorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ameliorating.] Etym: [L. ad + meliorare to make better: cf. F. améliorer. See Meliorate.]

Defn: To make better; to improve; to meliorate. In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. Macaulay.

A*mel"io*rate, v. i.

Defn: To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.