meliorate

Found in thesaurus: change, modify, alter, turn, change state

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meliorate
v. improve; upgrade; be improved

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meliorate

Verb
1. to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
(synonym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
(cause) better, improve, ameliorate
(verb-group) better, improve, ameliorate
(derivation) improvement, melioration
2. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
(synonym) better, improve, ameliorate
(hypernym) change state, turn
(hyponym) recuperate, recover, convalesce
(verb-group) better, improve, amend, ameliorate
(derivation) improvement, melioration


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Meliorate
(v. t.)
To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.
  
 
(v. i.)
To grow better.
  

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meliorate
v.a.
سدھارنا, سنوارنا, بنانا, بہتر کرنا, اصلاح کرنا, ترتيب کرنا, عمدہ کرنا, (ترقي دينا , ترميم کرنا)Grafting meliorates the fruit.
پيوند سے پھل اچھا آتا ہے


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meliorate
Synonyms and related words:
accommodate, acculturate, adapt, adjust, advance, air, alter, ameliorate, amend, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, better, boost, bottom out, break, break up, bring forward, change, checker, chop, chop and change, civilize, come about, come along, come around, come on, come round, convert, deform, degenerate, denature, descant, deteriorate, develop, deviate, diapason, diverge, diversify, edify, educate, elevate, emend, enhance, enlighten, enrich, fatten, favor, fit, flop, forward, foster, gain, gain ground, get ahead, get along, go ahead, go forward, go straight, graduate, grow better, haul around, improve, improve upon, jibe, lard, lay, lift, look up, make an improvement, make headway, make progress, make strides, measure, melodia, mend, mitigate, modify, modulate, mutate, nurture, overthrow, perk up, pick up, progress, promote, qualify, raise, re-create, realign, rebuild, reconstruct, redesign, refine upon, refit, reform, remake, renew, reshape, restructure, revamp, revive, ring the changes, shape up, shift, shift the scene, show improvement, shuffle the cards, skyrocket, socialize, straighten out, strain, subvert, swerve, tack, take a turn, take off, transfigure, transform, tune, turn, turn aside, turn into, turn the corner, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, undergo a change, upgrade, uplift, vary, veer, warble, warp, work a change, worsen
  

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