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meliorates

meliorates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of meliorate.

Meaning of meliorate

Verb

meliorate (third-person singular simple present meliorates, present participle meliorating, simple past and past participle meliorated)

  1. (transitive) To make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
    • They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement.
    Synonyms:
    ameliorate, refine, resolve, work out, aprimorate (non-native speakers’ English (chiefly Portuguese)), amend, batten, better, enhance, hone
  2. (intransitive) To become better.

Questions about meliorates

What is meliorates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Meliorates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of meliorate.

Words near meliorates in the dictionary

  1. meliorants
  2. meliorate
  3. meliorated
  4. meliorater
  5. melioraters
  6. meliorates
  7. meliorating
  8. melioration
  9. meliorations
  10. meliorative
  11. meliorator

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