different between meliorate vs heighten

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin melior?, from Latin melior (“better”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?li.??e?t/

Verb

meliorate (third-person singular simple present meliorates, present participle meliorating, simple past and past participle meliorated)

1. (transitive) To make better; to improve; to solve a problem.

   They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement.

   • 1648, John Denham, Cato Major

     Nature by art we nobly meliorate.

   • June 8, 1783, George Washington, Circular to the States

     […] and the pure and benign light of revelation have had a meliorating influence on mankind.

2. (intransitive) To become better.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:improve
• ameliorate

Derived terms

• meliorable
• melioration
• meliorative
• meliorator

Related terms

• ameliorate

Latin

Verb

meli?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of meli?r?

English

Etymology

From Middle English heightenen, hyghtenen, equivalent to height +? -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?t?n/
• Rhymes: -a?t?n

Verb

heighten (third-person singular simple present heightens, present participle heightening, simple past and past participle heightened)

1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
2. To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.

   “That’s heightened by the impact of climate change,” she added.

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