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ameliorate \uh-MEEL-yuh-rayt\, transitive verb:
To make better; to improve.

intransitive verb:
To grow better.

Among the pressures provoking these distresses were a
father's financial inadequacy and a growing awareness that,
by finding employment himself, he could ameliorate the
family's exiguous circumstances.
--Terence Brown, [1]The Life of W. B. Yeats: A Critical
Biography

In the socially fluid and (until the crash of 1837)
economically expansive 1830s, the legislature frequently
appropriated public money to investigate social problems,
forestall dependency, and ameliorate human suffering.
--Elisabeth Gitter, [2]The Imprisoned Guest