Definitions for meliorate
ˈmil yəˌreɪt, ˈmi li ə-me·lio·rate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorateverb

   to make better

   "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

2. better, improve, ameliorate, meliorateverb

   get better

   "The weather improved toward evening"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. meliorateverb

   To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.

   They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement.

2. Etymology: From melior "better"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Meliorateverb

   To better; to improve.

   Etymology: meliorer, Fr. from melior.

   Grafting meliorates the fruit; for that the nourishment is better prepared in the stock than in the crude earth. Francis Bacon.

   But when we graft, or buds inoculate,
   Nature by art we nobly meliorate. John Denham.

   A man ought by no means to think, that he should be able so much as to alter or meliorate the humour of an ungrateful person by any acts of kindness. Robert South, Sermons.

   Castration serves to meliorate the flesh of those beasts that suffer it. John Graunt.

   Much labour is requir’d in trees.
   Well must the ground be digg’d, and better dress’d,
   New soil to make, and meliorate the rest. John Dryden, Virg.

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1. meliorate

   Meliorate is a verb that means to make better or improve something. It often refers to gradual or ongoing improvement rather than a sudden or drastic change.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meliorateverb

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

2. Meliorateverb

   to grow better

3. Etymology: [L. melioratus, p. p. of meliorare to meliorate, fr. melior better; akin to Gr. ma^llon rather, ma`la very. Cf. Ameliorate.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meliorate

   mē′lyo-rāt, v.t. to make better.—v.i. to grow better.—ns. Meliorā′tion, the act of making or becoming better; Meliorā′tor, an improver; Mē′liorism, the doctrine that the world is capable of improvement, as opposed to Optimism and Pessimism; Mē′liorist, one who holds this doctrine; Melior′ity, the state of being better: betterness. [L. meliorāre, -ātum, to make better.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of meliorate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of meliorate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=meliorate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Meliorate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=meliorate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meliorate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=meliorate