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1. Tending to ameliorate
   "The strain of having more children and the ameliorating headache caused by pregnancy doesn't compare to the joy of sharing life with a child"
   - ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative

1. To make better
   "The editor ameliorated the manuscript with his changes"
   - better, improve, amend, meliorate
    
2. Get better
   "The weather ameliorated toward evening"
   - better, improve, meliorate

See also: amelioration, bettering

Type of: alter, change, change state, modify, turn

Encyclopedia: Ameliorate