Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending or serving to make better; that tends toward betterment.
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- adjective   That meliorates ;curative ,salutary .
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- adjective tending to ameliorate
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								Calling them special interests sounds pejorative, and independent group sounds meliorative. 
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								Calling them special interests sounds pejorative, and independent group sounds meliorative. 
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								Calling them special interests sounds pejorative, and independent group sounds meliorative. 
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								Calling them special interests sounds pejorative, and independent group sounds meliorative. 
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								Calling them special interests sounds pejorative, and independent group sounds meliorative. 
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								Calling them special interests sounds pejorative, and independent group sounds meliorative. 
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								Calling them special interests sounds pejorative, and independent group sounds meliorative. 
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								Calling them special interests sounds pejorative, and independent group sounds meliorative. 
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								Calling them special interests sounds pejorative, and independent group sounds meliorative. 
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								Calling them special interests sounds pejorative, and independent group sounds meliorative. 
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