amelioratorn.

Brit.

/əˈmiːlɪəreɪtə/, U.S.

/əˈmiljəˌreɪdər/,

/əˈmiliəˌreɪdər/

Forms:

α. 1700s– ameliorater (rare and nonstandard).

β. 1700s– ameliorator.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ameliorate v., -or suffix.

Etymology: < ameliorate v. + -or suffix. Compare slightly earlier meliorator n.With the α. forms compare -er suffix¹.

1. A crop or (now usually) substance that improves the texture, drainage, or fertility of soil. Cf. ameliorant n., amendment n. 1c.

ΚΠ

1788 G. Washington Let. 13 Feb. in G. Washington Papers (1997) Confederation Ser. VI. 112 Potatoes and Carrots are amelioraters, not exhausters of the Soil.

1865 J. Buckman Sci. & Pract. in Farm Cultiv. xi. 74 The admixture of manures or ameliorators, such as guano.

1914 L. Barron Lawns ii. 14 Practically, barnyard manure is the best soil ameliorator.

2018 S. A. Balyuk et al. in R. Vargas et al. Handbk. Saline Soil Managem. iv. 47 If a soil has not undergone autumn tillage, then ameliorators can be applied to the soil just before or just after spring ploughing.

2. A person who or thing which improves or alleviates something. Cf. ameliorant n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > that which improves

plough1526

improver1651

ameliorator1794

ameliorative1816

meliorant1920

upgrade1979

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > one who improves

mendera1382

raisera1400

betterer1600

improver1613

meliorator1782

ameliorator1930

1794 Lit. & Crit. Remarks 168 Adversity is an irksome, but excellent ameliorator of the mind.

1822 E. Nathan Langreath II. v. 150 Time, the common ameliorator of sorrow, refused to heal the wounds in my lacerated bosom.

1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ I. ii. 121 Our beneficent ameliorator, the Gulf-stream.

1930 Musical Times 71 602/1 Especially in the case of so glaringly ineffective and unpractised an orchestrator as Brahms is the correcting hand of a conductor, to my mind, the most welcome of ameliorators.

2007 R. C. Tannehill Shape of Gospel viii. 166 In the more abstract language of narrative analysis..we may speak of his [sc. Jesus] basic role as that of ameliorator.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ameliorator
释义	amelioratorn. Brit. /əˈmiːlɪəreɪtə/, U.S. /əˈmiljəˌreɪdər/, /əˈmiliəˌreɪdər/ Forms: α. 1700s– ameliorater (rare and nonstandard). β. 1700s– ameliorator. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ameliorate v., -or suffix. Etymology: < ameliorate v. + -or suffix. Compare slightly earlier meliorator n.With the α. forms compare -er suffix¹. 1. A crop or (now usually) substance that improves the texture, drainage, or fertility of soil. Cf. ameliorant n., amendment n. 1c. ΚΠ 1788 G. Washington Let. 13 Feb. in G. Washington Papers (1997) Confederation Ser. VI. 112 Potatoes and Carrots are amelioraters, not exhausters of the Soil. 1865 J. Buckman Sci. & Pract. in Farm Cultiv. xi. 74 The admixture of manures or ameliorators, such as guano. 1914 L. Barron Lawns ii. 14 Practically, barnyard manure is the best soil ameliorator. 2018 S. A. Balyuk et al. in R. Vargas et al. Handbk. Saline Soil Managem. iv. 47 If a soil has not undergone autumn tillage, then ameliorators can be applied to the soil just before or just after spring ploughing. 2. A person who or thing which improves or alleviates something. Cf. ameliorant n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > that which improves plough1526 improver1651 ameliorator1794 ameliorative1816 meliorant1920 upgrade1979 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > one who improves mendera1382 raisera1400 betterer1600 improver1613 meliorator1782 ameliorator1930 1794 Lit. & Crit. Remarks 168 Adversity is an irksome, but excellent ameliorator of the mind. 1822 E. Nathan Langreath II. v. 150 Time, the common ameliorator of sorrow, refused to heal the wounds in my lacerated bosom. 1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ I. ii. 121 Our beneficent ameliorator, the Gulf-stream. 1930 Musical Times 71 602/1 Especially in the case of so glaringly ineffective and unpractised an orchestrator as Brahms is the correcting hand of a conductor, to my mind, the most welcome of ameliorators. 2007 R. C. Tannehill Shape of Gospel viii. 166 In the more abstract language of narrative analysis..we may speak of his [sc. Jesus] basic role as that of ameliorator. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1788
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