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ameliorize

ameliorize verb: to ameliorate; to make better.

Verb

ameliorize (third-person singular simple present ameliorizes, present participle ameliorizing, simple past and past participle ameliorized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To ameliorate; to make better.

Forms of ameliorize

third-person singular presentameliorizes
present participleameliorizing
past participleameliorized
pastameliorized

Questions about ameliorize

What does ameliorize mean?
Ameliorize means to ameliorate; to make better.
What part of speech is ameliorize?
Ameliorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of ameliorize?
The past tense of ameliorize is ameliorized.

Words near ameliorize in the dictionary

  1. amelioratory
  2. ameliorism
  3. ameliorist
  4. amelioristic
  5. ameliorists
  6. ameliorize
  7. ameliorized
  8. ameliorizes
  9. ameliorizing
  10. Amell
  11. amelled

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