Mel"io*rate (mēl"y?*rāt), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Meliorated (-
rā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Meliorating.] [L. melioratus, p. p. of meliorare
to meliorate, fr. melior better; akin to Gr.
ma^llon rather, ma`la very. Cf.
Ameliorate.] To make better; to improve; to ameliorate;
to soften; to make more tolerable.
Nature by art we nobly meliorate.
Denham.
The pure and benign light of revelation has had a
meliorating influence on mankind.
Washington.Mel"io*rate, v. i. To grow
better.