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verb (used with or without object), a·mel·io·rat·ed, a·mel·io·rat·ing.
- to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve: strategies to ameliorate negative effects on the environment.
verb
- to make or become better; improve
1796, from ameliorate + -ive.
1728, perhaps a back-formation from amelioration on pattern of French améliorer. The simpler form meliorate was used in Middle English. Related: Ameliorated; ameliorating.