Definition of "meliorate" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To make better; to improve; to solve a problem.

   • They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement.
   • June 8, 1783, George Washington, Circular to the States […] and the pure and benign light of revelation have had a meliorating influence on mankind.

2. (intransitive) To become better.