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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ameliorated p. pr. & vb. n. Ameliorating. ] [ L. ad + meliorare to make better: cf. F. améliorer. See Meliorate. ] To make better; to improve; to meliorate. [ 1913 Webster ]

In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anchor-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + corporate. ] (Her.) Double-bodied, as a lion having one head and two bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. bis twice + flos, floris, flower. ] (Bot.) Bearing two flowers; two-flowered. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bis twice + foratus, p. p. of forare to bore or pierce. ] (Bot.) Having two perforations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Boric. ] (Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. mixed or impregnated with borax. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To impregnate or treat with camphor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. camphorate. ] (Chem.) A salt of camphoric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } Combined or impregnated with camphor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Camphorated oil, an oleaginous preparation containing camphor, much used as an embrocation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. chlorate. See Chlorine. ] (Chem.) A salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. to work together with another toward a common goal, especially in an intellectual endeavor; as, four chemists collaborated on the synthesis of the compound; three authors collaborated in writing the book. [ PJC ]

2. to willingly cooperate with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F. ] See Collaborator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. coloratus, p. p. of colorare to color. ] Colored. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commemorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commemorating. ] [ L. commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- + memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See Memory. ] To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are called upon to commemorate a revolution. Atterbury.

Syn. -- See Celebrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. concorporatus, p. p. of concorporare. ] To unite in one mass or body; to incorporate. [ Archaic. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. United in one body; incorporated. [ Archaic ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corporatus, p. p. of corporare to shape into a body, fr. corpus body. See Corpse. ] 1. Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body. “Corporate property.” Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. United; general; collectively one. [ 1913 Webster ]

They answer in a joint and corporate voice. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corporate member, an actual or voting member of a corporation, as distinguished from an associate or an honorary member; as, a corporate member of the American Board. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To incorporate. [ Obs. ] Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become incorporated. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a corporate capacity; acting as a corporate body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In, or as regarda, the body. Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Finance) a person who purchases or attempts to purchase a controlling interest in a publicly-traded company against the wishes of the current management. such a buyout is caled a hostile takeover.
Syn. -- buyout specialist, takeover artist. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Corroborated p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating ] [ L. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare to corroborate; cor- + roborare to strengthen, robur strength. See Robust. ] 1. To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Corroborated. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. supported or established by evidence or proof; as, corroborated testimony is especially convincing.
Syn. -- substantiated, verified. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. decoloratus, p. p. of decolorare. ] Deprived of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To decolor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Decorated p. pr. & vb. n. Decorating ] [ L. decoratus, p. p. of decorare, fr. decus ornament; akin to decere to be becoming. See Decent. ] To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms. Thackeray.

Syn. -- To adorn; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace. See Adorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Decorated style (Arch.), a name given by some writers to the perfected English Gothic architecture; it may be considered as having flourished from about a. d. 1300 to a. d. 1375. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having decorations. [ Narrower terms: beaded, beady, bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly; bedaubed; bespectacled, monocled, spectacled; braided; brocaded, embossed, raised; buttony; carbuncled; champleve, cloisonne, enameled; crested, plumed having a decorative plume); crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested; embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; encircled, ringed, wreathed; fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked out; feathery, feathered, plumy; frilled, frilly, ruffled; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid; inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; paneled, wainscoted; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled; tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out ] Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned.
Syn. -- adorned. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. dedecoratus, p. p. of dedecorare to disgrace. See Decorate. ] To bring to shame; to disgrace. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. defloratus, p. p. of deflorare. See Deflour. ] (Bot.) Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. deploratus, p. p. of deplorare. See Deplore. ] Deplorable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A more deplorate estate. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deteriorated p. pr. & vb. n. Deteriorating ] [ L. deterioratus, p. p. of deteriorare to deteriorate, fr. deterior worse, prob. a comparative fr. de down, away. ] To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Under such conditions, the mind rapidly deteriorates. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. directorat. ] The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To discolor. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate. [ Obs. ] Jas. II. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disincorporated p. pr. & vb. n. Disincorporating ] 1. To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To detach or separate from a corporation. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To enervate; to weaken. [ R. ] Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. doctorat. ] The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make (one) a doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet. ] To sweeten; to make less acrimonious. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Edulcorated p. pr. & vb. n. Edulcorating. ] [ L. e out + dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare to sweeten, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet: cf. F. édulcorer. ] 1. To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See Labor. ] Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. Waller.

Syn. -- Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high-wrought.

-- E*lab"o*rate*ly, adv. -- E*lab"o*rate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Elaborated p. pr. & vb. n. Elaborating ] 1. To produce with labor [ 1913 Webster ]

They in full joy elaborate a sigh, Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted as it circulates through the vessels of the plant. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]