ameliorize

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verb

To ameliorate; to make better.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

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

present singular third person ameliorizes · participle present ameliorizing · participle past ameliorized · past ameliorized

  1. raretransitiveTo ameliorate; to make better.
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