Read full poem →I thought to myself: “She herself was John Kenton’s chief rose.” I
thought: “He had her in mind when he set these ameliorating bushes
through the wild.” Possibly the girl could not read or write. Yet she
Dictionary Entry
To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.
In a Sentence
“They offered some compromises in an effort to ameliorate the situation.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
effect amelioratinginfluence amelioratingeffects amelioratingconditions amelioratingsocial ameliorating
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “ameliorating”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.