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meliorate, v. (ˈmiːlɪəreɪt) [f. late L. meliōrāt-, ppl. stem of meliōrāre, f. L. meliōr-, melior better.] 1. trans. To make better, to improve; = ameliorate v. Also, † to mitigate (suffering, ill-feeling).a 1552 Leland Itin. (1768) III. 65 This Joannes Grandisonus chaungid an hold Fundation of an Ho...
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Improve - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
improve: 1 v to make better "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" Synonyms: ameliorate , amend , better , meliorate ameliorate , better , meliorate get better Antonyms: aggravate , exacerbate , exasperate , worsen make worse Types: show 65 types... hide 65 types... alleviate , assuage , palliate , relieve provide physical ...
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meliorant
meliorant (ˈmiːlɪərənt) [ad. late L. meliōrantem pr. pple. of meliōrāre: see meliorate v.] Something that makes better; an improver.1920 G. Saintsbury Notes on Cellar-Bk. 102, I am afraid that the ‘whets’ of our ancestors were rather stimulants to drinking..than meliorants of appreciation.
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Improve Synonyms and Antonyms - YourDictionary
Synonyms for IMPROVE: better, ameliorate, amend, meliorate, help, correct, upgrade, cultivate, enhance, elevate; Antonyms for IMPROVE: impair, worsen, destroy ...
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meliorater
meliorator, meliorater rare. (ˈmiːlɪəreɪtə(r)) [agent-n. f. meliorate v.: see -or, -er1.] One who or something which meliorates.1855 in Ogilvie Suppl. 1870 Emerson Soc. & Solit., Work & Days Wks. (Bohn) III. 68 The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade.
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Allen Neuringer
self-experimentation
Neuringer has suggested that behavior analysis as a field might benefit from using experimental designs that explicitly and directly attempted to meliorate
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Exacerbate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
exacerbate: 1 v make worse Synonyms: aggravate , exasperate , worsen Antonyms: ameliorate , amend , better , improve , meliorate to make better ameliorate , better , improve , meliorate get better show more antonyms... Types: show 6 types... hide 6 types... irritate excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame inflame cause ...
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viliorate
† ˈviliorate, v. Obs.—1 [f. L. vīlior, compar. of vīlis vile a., after meliorate.] trans. To make less good; to worsen.a 1722 Lisle Husb. (1757) 303 There is a medium in the watery temperature of the earth, either extream of which viliorates the juice.
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Bankstown Reservoir
The reservoir was built to meliorate the pressure on Ashfield Reservoir and obviate pumping from Ryde.
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Worsen - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
worsen: 1 v grow worse "Conditions in the slum worsened " Synonyms: decline Antonyms: ameliorate , better , improve , meliorate get better ameliorate , amend , better , improve , meliorate to make better show more antonyms... Types: show 20 types... hide 20 types... inflame become inflamed; get sore come down , sicken get sick degenerate , ...
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meliorability
meliorability rare. [f. *meliorable adj., f. late L. meliōrāre: see meliorate v. and -able] Capacity of being improved. (Only in Bentham.)1811–31 Bentham Language Wks. 1843 VIII. 297/2 Meliorability.
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1816 State of the Union Address
examples, to infuse into the law which governs the civilised world, a spirit which may diminish the frequency or circumscribe the calamities of war, and meliorate
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meliorative
ˈmeliorative, a. (n.) [f. late L. meliōrāre to meliorate: see -ative.] a. That meliorates; improving. spec. in Linguistics, giving or acquiring a more favourable meaning or connotation (opp. pejorative).1808 G. Edwards Pract. Plan iii. 30 We..become savage in our hatred to the various meliorative pr...
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ameliorate
ameliorate, v. (əˈmiːlɪəreɪt) [a recent formation (not in Johnson 1773), after the earlier meliorate q.v., on Fr. améliorer, refashioned from OFr. ameillorer to make better, f. à to + meillorer:—L. meliōrāre, f. melior better.] 1. trans. To make better; to better, improve.1767 [See ameliorating]. 17...
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