Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to meliorate
Participle: meliorated
Gerund: meliorating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | meliorate |
| you | meliorate |
| he;she;it | meliorates |
| we | meliorate |
| you | meliorate |
| they | meliorate |
Perfect
| I | have meliorated |
| you | have meliorated |
| he;she;it | has meliorated |
| we | have meliorated |
| you | have meliorated |
| they | have meliorated |
Past
| I | meliorated |
| you | meliorated |
| he;she;it | meliorated |
| we | meliorated |
| you | meliorated |
| they | meliorated |
Pluperfect
| I | had meliorated |
| you | had meliorated |
| he;she;it | had meliorated |
| we | had meliorated |
| you | had meliorated |
| they | had meliorated |
Future
| I | will meliorate |
| you | will meliorate |
| he;she;it | will meliorate |
| we | will meliorate |
| you | will meliorate |
| they | will meliorate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have meliorated |
| you | will have meliorated |
| he;she;it | will have meliorated |
| we | will have meliorated |
| you | will have meliorated |
| they | will have meliorated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | meliorate |
| you | meliorate |
| he;she;it | meliorate |
| we | meliorate |
| you | meliorate |
| they | meliorate |
Perfect
| I | have meliorated |
| you | have meliorated |
| he;she;it | have meliorated |
| we | have meliorated |
| you | have meliorated |
| they | have meliorated |
Imperfect
| I | meliorated |
| you | meliorated |
| he;she;it | meliorated |
| we | meliorated |
| you | meliorated |
| they | meliorated |
Pluperfect
| I | had meliorated |
| you | had meliorated |
| he;she;it | had meliorated |
| we | had meliorated |
| you | had meliorated |
| they | had meliorated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would meliorate |
| you | would meliorate |
| he;she;it | would meliorate |
| we | would meliorate |
| you | would meliorate |
| they | would meliorate |
Perfect
| I | would have meliorated |
| you | would have meliorated |
| he;she;it | would have meliorated |
| we | would have meliorated |
| you | would have meliorated |
| they | would have meliorated |
Imperative
| you | meliorate |
| we | Let's meliorate |
| you | meliorate |
Verbs conjugated like 'meliorate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'meliorate'
ameliorate,
delibrate,
delirate,
meliorize,
memorate,
viliorate,
ameliorize,
calibrate,
celebrate,
celibate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make better
- ameliorate, amend, batten, better, enhance, improve
- improve
- amend, better, ameliorate, help, correct
Antonyms
- improve
- worsen, decline, fail, weaken
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1552, "to make better," from L.L. melioratus, pp. of L. meliorare "improve," from melior "better," used as comp. of bonus "good," but probably originally meaning "stronger," from PIE base *mel- "strong, great, numerous" (cf. Gk. mala "very much, very," L. multus "much").
2. First attested in 1542; borrowed from Late Latin meliorātus, perfect passive participle of meliorō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from melior (“better”).
Sample Sentences
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They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement.
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Nature by art we nobly meliorate. [1648, John Denham, Cato Major:]
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June 8, 1783, George Washington, Circular to the States
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[…] and the pure and benign light of revelation have had a meliorating influence on mankind.