All 3 Uses of
ameliorate
in
Madame Bovary
- And, gentlemen, I do not mean that superficial intelligence, vain ornament of idle minds, but rather that profound and balanced intelligence that applies itself above all else to useful objects, thus contributing to the good of all, to the common amelioration and to the support of the state, born of respect for law and the practice of duty—†
Chpt 2.8
- Apply yourselves, above all, to the amelioration of the soil, to good manures, to the development of the equine, bovine, ovine, and porcine races.†
Chpt 2.8
- Honour to those indefatigable spirits who consecrate their vigils to the amelioration or to the alleviation of their kind!
Chpt 2.11 *amelioration = improvement
Definition:
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(ameliorate) to improve -- especially a bad situation