All 4 Uses of
ameliorate
in
Les Miserables
- For the little seminary …… 1,500 livres Society of the mission …… 100 " For the Lazarists of Montdidier …… 100 " Seminary for foreign missions in Paris …… 200 " Congregation of the Holy Spirit …… 150 " Religious establishments of the Holy Land …… 100 " Charitable maternity societies …… 300 " Extra, for that of Arles …… 50 " Work for the amelioration of prisons …… 400 " Work for the relief and delivery of prisoners ….†
Chpt 1.1
- Philosophy should be an energy; it should have for effort and effect to ameliorate the condition of man.
Chpt 2.7 *ameliorate = improve
- It is to this point that philosophy and progress tend, with all their organs simultaneously, by their amelioration of the real, as well as by their contemplation of the absolute.†
Chpt 3.7
- By dint of discussing political matters, vaguely and without precision, from the point of view of the general amelioration of the fate of all men, they came to say a little more than "yes" and "no."†
Chpt 5.5
Definition:
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(ameliorate) to improve -- especially a bad situation