The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ameliorative \A*mel"io*ra*tive\, a. Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1796, from ameliorate + -ive.
Wiktionary
a. Able to repair or ameliorate.
WordNet
adj. tending to ameliorate [syn: ameliorating(a), amelioratory, meliorative]
Usage examples of "ameliorative".
They were employed by his agency, but he frequently sent them off on detached duty all over the country, to raid or spy in every known political or ameliorative gathering.
All experiments of any kin, upon other adults, whether patients or inmates of public institutions or otherwise, if made without direct ameliorative purpose and the intelligent personal consent of the person who is the MATERIAL for the research.
All experiments of any kin, upon other adults, whether patients or inmates of public institutions or otherwise, if made without direct ameliorative purpose and the intelligent personal consent of the person who is the MATERIAL for the research.