Ameliorating

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ameliorating
    adj 1: tending to ameliorate [syn: {ameliorating(a)},
           {ameliorative}, {amelioratory}, {meliorative}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ameliorate \A*mel"io*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ameliorated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Ameliorating}.] [L. ad + meliorare to make
   better: cf. F. am['e]liorer. See {Meliorate}.]
   To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
   [1913 Webster]

         In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his
         own condition.                           --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ameliorating \ameliorating\ adj. prenom. [p. pr. of
   {ameliorate}.]
   causing improvement in or reducing the bad effects of an
   unfavorable condition.

   Syn: ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative
        [WordNet 1.5]

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