Part 6943

<h1>Melicotoon</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel`i*co*toon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Melocoton</er>.</def>

<h1>Melicratory</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Me*lic"ra*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>meli`kraton</grk>.]</ety> <def>A meadlike drink.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Melilite</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"i*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>me`li</grk> honey + <ets>-lite</ets>; cf. F. <ets>m\'82lilithe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in the lavas (<it>melilite basalt</it>) of Vesuvius, and elsewhere. <altsp>[Written also <asp>mellilite</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Melilot</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"i*lot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82lilot</ets>, L. <ets>melilotus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a kind of clover containing honey; <grk>me`li</grk> honey + <?/ lotus.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any species of <spn>Melilotus</spn>, a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot (<spn>Melilotus c\'91rulea</spn>) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese.</def>

<h1>Melilotic</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel`i*lot"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or meliot; specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series, obtained from melilot as a white crystalline substance.</def>

<h1>Meliorate</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"io*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Meliorated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Meliorating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>melioratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>meliorare</ets> to meliorate, fr. <ets>melior</ets> better; akin to Gr. <?/ rather, <?/ very. Cf. <er>Ameliorate</er>.]</ety> <def>To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.</def>

<blockquote>Nature by art we nobly <b>meliorate</b>. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The pure and bening light of revelation has had a <b>meliorating</b> influence on mankind. <i>Washington.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Meliorate</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"io*rate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To grow better.</def>

<h1>Meliorater</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"io*ra`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Meliorator</er>.</def>

<h1>Melioration</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel`io*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>melioratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Meliorator</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"io*ra`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who meliorates.</def>

<h1>Meliorism</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"io*rism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>melior</ets> better.]</ety> <def>The doctrine that there is a tendency throughout nature toward improvement.</def>

<i>J. Sully.</i>

<h1>Meliority</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel*ior"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>melioritas</ets>, fr. L. <ets>melior</ets>. See <er>Meliorate</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being better; melioration.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>