Ameliorate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. AMELIORATED; p. pr. & vb. n. AMELIORATING.] [Lat. ad and meliorare, to make better; melior, better; Fr. ameliorer, Pr. amilorar. See MELIORATE.] To make better; to raise into an improved condition; to meliorate; as, to ameliorate the condition of the poor.