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ameliorate

verb

əˈmiːljəreɪt

Meaning

To make better; improve or enhance something.

To make something better or improve a situation; to enhance or upgrade.

The new policies are designed to ameliorate living conditions.

New policies were introduced to ameliorate living conditions.

improve, enhance, better, upgrade, refine, perfect

Entry 1

improve, enhance, better, upgrade, refine

Entry 2

improve, enhance, better, upgrade, refine, perfect

worsen, deteriorate, aggravate, decline, degrade, impair, damage

Entry 1

worsen, deteriorate, aggravate, decline, degrade

Entry 2

worsen, deteriorate, decline, degrade, impair, damage

to experience an emotion or physical sensation; to touch something

to give a name to someone at baptism or to name something officially

to catch or trap, often by trickery or deceit

to separate grain from the plant by beating or by using a machine

to push or prod with a finger or pointed object

to show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing