improve, better; get better, improve oneself
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Ameliorate Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Ameliorate Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
(v. i.)
To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
ameliorate
\a*mel"io*rate\, v. i. to grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
ameliorate
\a*mel"io*rate\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. ameliorated (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. ameliorating.] [l. ad + meliorare to make better: cf. f. améliorer. see meliorate.] to make better; to improve; to meliorate. in every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition.
ameliorate
v
1. to make better; "the editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, meliorate]
[ant: worsen]
2. get better; "the weather improved toward evening." [syn: better, improve, meliorate]
[ant: worsen]
To relieve, as from pain or hardship
to make better, to improve
amelioration n -- ameliorative adj -- ameliorator n -- amelioratory adj
EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
These findings remind us of the importance of continued efforts to determine which children and families are at risk because of exposure to cocaine, so we can prevent or AMELIORATE negative consequences of using this drug." (BBC News - April 19th 2002)
"The tedium, discomfort, and confinement of an extended illness,ameliorated by warm surroundings and a compassionate and loving family,are well portrayed."
Marie Orlando, When Vera Was Sick, School Library Journal (New York),
Dec 1998.
amelioration n -- ameliorative adj -- ameliorator n -- amelioratory adj
EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
These findings remind us of the importance of continued efforts to determine which children and families are at risk because of exposure to cocaine, so we can prevent or AMELIORATE negative consequences of using this drug." (BBC News - April 19th 2002)
"The tedium, discomfort, and confinement of an extended illness,ameliorated by warm surroundings and a compassionate and loving family,are well portrayed."
Marie Orlando, When Vera Was Sick, School Library Journal (New York),
Dec 1998.
Verb
1. to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
(synonym) better, improve, amend, meliorate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
(cause) better, improve, meliorate
(verb-group) better, improve, meliorate
(derivation) amelioration, melioration, betterment
2. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
(synonym) better, improve, meliorate
(hypernym) change state, turn
(hyponym) recuperate, recover, convalesce
(verb-group) better, improve, amend, meliorate
(derivation) amelioration, melioration, betterment
Ameliorate Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Amelioration may refer to one of the following:
- (health) means "to make better" or "to improve upon" most often in context of or in reference to ill health of a person but could also be in reference to healing the land, plant, tree, etc.
- An alternative name for land improvement
- A specific type of semantic change — the introduction of positive connotations or removal of negative ones for a word or expression.
- Amelioration patterns, a software design pattern
- Amelioration Act 1798, a statute enacted in the Leeward Islands regarding the treatment of slaves
- Rapid climatic Amelioration; used in geology denoting a major change from glacial to interglacial stages, specifically regarding transitions in the Oxygen isotope ratio cycle
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Ameliorate Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
