Definition of meliorates Meliorates

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What does meliorates mean?

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meliorates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of meliorate (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb
meliorate - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
		better, improve, amend, ameliorate
		aggravate, exacerbate, worsen, exasperate exasperate or irritate
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
		alleviate, palliate, assuage, relieve provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
		aid, help improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"
		revitalize, regenerate give new life or vigor to
		enrich make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"
		build up, develop enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings"
		ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
		turn around improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up"
		help improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"
		upgrade to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel"
		condition apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; "I condition my hair after washing it"
		emend make improvements or corrections to; "the text was emended in the second edition"
		put right, iron out, straighten out settle or put right; "we need to iron out our disagreements"
		enhance increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
		bushel, furbish up, mend, doctor, touch on, repair, restore, fix heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending"
		reform change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
		reform change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
		fancify, prettify, beautify, embellish make more beautiful
		build develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"
		perfect, hone make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"
		fine-tune, polish, down, refine adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine"
		make pure, purify, distill, sublimate remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
		fructify bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify"
		lift, raise remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
		advance rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today"
		upgrade to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel"
		educate give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better"
meliorate - get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
		better, improve, ameliorate
		worsen, decline grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
		ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better make amendments to; "amend the document"
		change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
		convalesce, recuperate, recover get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"
		heal get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly"
		see the light, reform, straighten out change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
		surge see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead"
		turn around, pick up improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up"
		bounce back, get well, get over improve in health; "He got well fast"
		mend, heal heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending"
		fructify bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify"
		upgrade to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel"