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

To meliorate the condition of this almost countless multitude of our fellow-creatures, is among the first duties of every good man.

From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William

It is not amended institutions, it is not improved education, it is not another selection of individuals for union, that can meliorate the said result, but the basis of the union must be changed.

From Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. by Fuller, Margaret

To this he added personal efforts to meliorate their condition, which resulted in promises from Turkish officials and the Patriarch of better treatment, promises that were by no means fulfilled.

From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Anderson, Rufus

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