Ameliorate
ahd-5
transitive & intransitive verb .
To make or become better; improve.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To make better, or more tolerable, satisfactory, prosperous, etc.; improve; meliorate.
Synonyms
Amend, Improve, Better
, etc. See
amend
.
To grow better; meliorate.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
intransitive verb.
To grow better; to meliorate.
transitive verb.
To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To make better, to
improve
; to
heal
; to
solve
a
problem
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
to make better
verb.
get better
Word Usage
"Can activity ameliorate its slow advance - and maintain vocabulary retrieval skills, so that the word "ameliorate" leaps to mind when needed?"
Etymologically Related
amelioration
meliorate
Form
ameliorated
ameliorating
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
accommodate
acculturate
adapt
adjust
advance
verb-form
ameliorated
ameliorates
ameliorating