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meliorize

meliorize verb: to meliorate; to make better.

Verb

meliorize (third-person singular simple present meliorizes, present participle meliorizing, simple past and past participle meliorized)

  1. (archaic, rare) To meliorate; to make better.

Forms of meliorize

third-person singular presentmeliorizes
present participlemeliorizing
past participlemeliorized
pastmeliorized

Questions about meliorize

What does meliorize mean?
Meliorize means to meliorate; to make better.
What part of speech is meliorize?
Meliorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of meliorize?
The past tense of meliorize is meliorized.

Words near meliorize in the dictionary

  1. meliorist
  2. melioristic
  3. melioristically
  4. meliorists
  5. meliority
  6. meliorize
  7. meliorized
  8. meliorizes
  9. meliorizing
  10. meliphaga
  11. meliphagid

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