Meliorate /(mēl"yō̇*rāt)/

Mel·io·rate

Meliorate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Meliorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Meliorating

  1. To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.
    Nature by art we nobly meliorate.
    The pure and benign light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind.
    — Washington.

Meliorate

v. i.
  1. To grow better.