Verb: meliorate 'meel-yu,reyt or 'mee-lee-u,reyt [N. Amer], 'mee-lee-u,reyt [Brit]
- To make better
"The editor meliorated the manuscript with his changes";
- better, improve, amend, ameliorate, mend
- Get better
"The weather meliorated toward evening";
- better, improve, ameliorate
Derived forms: meliorated, meliorates, meliorating
Type of: alter, change, change state, modify, turn