| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb meliorate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (meliorate) | 1. To make better.[Wordnet]. 2. Get better.[Wordnet]. 3. Get better; "The weather improved toward evening".[Wordnet]. 4. To make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes".[Wordnet]. 5. To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.[Websters]. 6. To grow better.[Websters]. 7. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: meliorating, meliorated, meliorates, meliorator, meliorators, melioratingly and melioratedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "MELIORATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1720. (references) |
Specialty Definition: MELIORATING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Improving; advancing in good qualities. The pure and benign light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
