Definitions for ameliorate

ameliorate a·mel·io·rate

Spelling: [uh-meel-yuh-reyt, uh-m
IPA: /əˈmil yəˌreɪt, əˈmi li ə-/

Ameliorate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 643 anagrams from letters in ameliorate (aaeeilmort).

Definitions for ameliorate

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve:

Origin of ameliorate

First recorded in 1760-70; a-5 + meliorate

Examples for ameliorate

How can you determine the facts, spin the story, and attempt to ameliorate the damage?

And why do men go soldiering except to ameliorate existence?

And the Church never, never raised a finger to ameliorate their condition.

Our chief desire is to ameliorate the condition of the malgamite workers.

At the time, Bratton sought to ameliorate the tension between the LAPD and Muslims.

Scientists therefore have to examine all those genes en masse to cure or ameliorate the disease.

Our first priority should be to ameliorate those circumstances.

He laboured to ameliorate the condition of the native Indians in the American colonies.

“Isolation itself is very damaging, and there is no way to ameliorate it,” Kupers told The Daily Beast.

Do you pretend that it is impossible to ameliorate the lot of the people?

Word Value for ameliorate
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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