Meliorate
/ˈmiːli.əɹeɪt/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make better; to improve; to solve a problem. transitive
"They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement."
- 2 get better wordnet
- 3 To become better. intransitive
- 4 to make better wordnet
Example
More examples"They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement."
Etymology
First attested in 1542; borrowed from Late Latin meliorātus, perfect passive participle of meliorō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from melior (“better”).