Ameliorated

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ameliorate \A*mel"io*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ameliorated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Ameliorating}.] [L. ad + meliorare to make
     better: cf. F. am['e]liorer. See {Meliorate}.]
     To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
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           In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his
           own condition.                           --Macaulay.
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