A*mel"io*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Ameliorated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Ameliorating.] [L. ad + meliorare to make better: cf.
F. améliorer. See Meliorate.] To make better; to
improve; to meliorate.
In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate
his own condition.
Macaulay.
A*mel"io*rate, v. i. To grow better; to
meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.