- ameliorative
- adjective see ameliorate
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
ameliorative
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Ameliorative — A*mel io*ra*tive, a. Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ameliorative — index mitigating Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
ameliorative — (adj.) 1796, from AMELIORATE (Cf. ameliorate) + IVE (Cf. ive) … Etymology dictionary
ameliorative — ameliorate ► VERB formal ▪ make (something) better. DERIVATIVES amelioration noun ameliorative adjective. ORIGIN alteration of MELIORATE(Cf. ↑M) … English terms dictionary
ameliorative waste — ame·lio·ra·tive waste /ə mēl yə ˌrā tiv / n: ameliorating waste at waste Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
ameliorative — See ameliorable. * * * … Universalium
ameliorative — adjective Able to repair or ameliorate … Wiktionary
ameliorative — adj. purported to improve … English contemporary dictionary
ameliorative — ame·lio·ra·tive … English syllables
ameliorative — adjective tending to ameliorate • Syn: ↑ameliorating, ↑amelioratory, ↑meliorative • Similar to: ↑bettering • Derivationally related forms: ↑meliorate (for … Useful english dictionary
