meliorative en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈmiːlɪəɹətɪv/
- /ˈmiːlɪɒɹətɪv/
- /ˈmiːljəɹətɪv/
Etymology
From Late Latin meliōrō (“make better, improve”) + English -ative (“tending to”, suffix forming adjectives).
Meanings
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(not-comparable, rare) That meliorates; curative, improving, salutary.
Peel has no meliorative and restorative principle to propose.
1841, R. Oastler, Fleet Papers, volume I, chapter xl, page 314:We…become savage in our hatred to the various meliorative processes.
1808, G. Edwards, Pract. Plan, chapter iii, page 30: