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Definition of Ameliorating
1. Adjective. Tending to ameliorate.
Similar to: Bettering
Derivative terms: Ameliorate, Ameliorate, Ameliorate, Ameliorate, Meliorate, Meliorate
Definition of Ameliorating
1. Verb. (present participle of ameliorate) ¹
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Definition of Ameliorating
1. ameliorate [v] - See also: ameliorate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ameliorating
Literary usage of Ameliorating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monopolies and the People by Charles Whiting Baker (1889)
"Ameliorating INFLUENCES. IF pure selfishness were the only motive influencing
the masses of mankind, the evils which we have considered in the preceding ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"And, setting aside considerations of policy or humanity, there were other reasons
for ameliorating the lot of the provincials. There was some pleasure to a ..."
3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1841)
"... radiating over the world, illustrating to admiring millions the happy tendencies
of republican institutions in ameliorating the condition of mankind. ..."
4. Jamaica: Its Past and Present State by Phillippo, James Mursell (1843)
"Origin of the African Institution—Efforts for ameliorating the Condition of the
Slaves— Conduct of the Jamaica House of Assembly—Insurrection or Disturbance ..."
5. Cyclopedia of Law by Charles Erehart Chadman (1912)
"Ameliorating INFLUENCES FROM THE TENTH TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.—From the tenth
to the sixteenth century there were certain ameliorating influences making ..."