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ameliorating

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a·mel·io·rate  (-mly-rt)
tr. & intr.v. a·me·lio·rat·ed, a·me·lio·rat·ing, a·me·lio·rates
To make or become better; improve. See Synonyms at improve.
[Alteration of meliorate.]
a·melio·ra·ble (-r-bl) adj.
a·melio·rative adj.
a·melio·rator n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.ameliorating - tending to ameliorate
ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative
bettering - changing for the better


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Like hundreds of thousands of others, I have worked in other fields, striving to organize the mass of mankind into movements for the purpose of ameliorating its own wretchedness and misery.
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The work of ameliorating the conditions of life--the true civilizing process that makes life more and more secure--had gone steadily on to a climax.
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