ameliorate
Cross references: 1. improve ame.lio.rate \*-'me-l-y*-.ra-t, -'me--le--*-\ \-.me-l-y*-'ra--sh*n, -.me--le--*-\ \-'me-l-y*-.ra-t-iv, -'me--le--*-\ \-.ra-t-*r\ \-r*-.to-r-e-, -.to.r-\ vb [alter. of meliorate] : to make better or more tolerable : to grow better - ame.lio.ra.tion n