meliorate

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“I consider such easy vehicles of knowledge, more happily calculated than any other, to preserve the liberty, stimulate the industry and meliorate the morals of an enlightened and free People.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021

The Skipper did his best to meliorate the harsh native methods with dumb things.

From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)

They refine the mind, they elevate views, they meliorate passions and keep alive affections.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 by Various

The war concluded, his attention was directed to Italy, and he sought to meliorate the condition of that country; but Austria would not hear even of the discussion of Italian affairs.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 by Various

These are the men of active wisdom, who lead armies to victory, and kingdoms to prosperity; or discover and improve the sciences, which meliorate and adorn the condition of humanity.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus