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Webster 1913 Edition

Meliorate

Mel′io-rate

(mēl′yō̍-rāt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Meliorated
(mēl′yō̍-rāˊtĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Meliorating
.]
[L.
melioratus
, p. p. of
meliorare
to meliorate, fr.
melior
better; akin to Gr.
μᾶλλον
rather,
μάλα
very. Cf.
Ameliorate
.]
To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.
Nature by art we nobly
meliorate
.
Denham.
The pure and benign light of revelation has had a
meliorating
influence on mankind.
Washington.

Mel′io-rate

,
Verb.
I.
To grow better.

Webster 1828 Edition

Meliorate

ME'LIORATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L.melior,better.] To make better; to improve; as, to meliorate fruit by grafting, or soil by cultivation. Civilization has done much, but christianity more, to meliorate the condition of men in society.
Nature by art we nobly meliorate.

ME'LIORATE

,
Verb.
I.
To grow better.

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