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Meliorate

//ˈmiːli.əɹeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make better; to improve; to solve a problem. transitive

    "They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement."

  2. 2
    get better wordnet
  3. 3
    To become better. intransitive
  4. 4
    to make better wordnet

Etymology

First attested in 1542; borrowed from Late Latin meliorātus, perfect passive participle of meliorō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from melior (“better”).

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