A·mel·io·rate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ameliorated p. pr. & vb. n. Ameliorating.] To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. --Macaulay.
ameliorating
adj : tending to ameliorate [syn: ameliorating(a), ameliorative,
amelioratory, meliorative]