meliorate
pronunciation
How to pronounce meliorate in British English:
UK ['mi:ljəreɪt]
How to pronounce meliorate in American English:
US ['miljəˌreɪt]
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- Verb:
- to make better
- get better
Word Origin
- meliorate (v.)
- 1550s, "to make better," back-formation from melioration or else from Late Latin melioratus, past participle of Latin meliorare "improve," from melior "better," used as comparative of bonus "good," but probably originally meaning "stronger," from PIE root *mel- "strong, great, numerous" (see multi-). Related: Meliorated; meliorating; melioration; meliorative.