meliorative









meliorative


verb (used with or without object), mel·io·rat·ed, mel·io·rat·ing.

  1. ameliorate.

verb

  1. a variant of ameliorate

v.1550s, “to make better,” back-formation from melioration or else from Late Latin melioratus, past participle of Latin meliorare “improve,” from melior “better,” used as comparative of bonus “good,” but probably originally meaning “stronger,” from PIE root *mel- “strong, great, numerous” (see multi-). Related: Meliorated; meliorating; melioration; meliorative.

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