Ameliorate
Ameliorate ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Latin ad + meliorare to make better: compare French améliorer. See Meliorate.]
To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition.
Ameliorate , intransitive verb
To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.