Ameliorating

3 definitions found

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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his
           own condition.                           --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  ameliorating \ameliorating\ adj. prenom. [p. pr. of
     {ameliorate}.]
     causing improvement in or reducing the bad effects of an
     unfavorable condition.
  
     Syn: ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ameliorating
       adj : tending to ameliorate [syn: {ameliorating(a)}, {ameliorative},
              {amelioratory}, {meliorative}]