Tending to make something better or improve a situation (less common variant of 'ameliorative').
A variant or archaic form combining 'ameliorate' with the adjective suffix '-iv' instead of the standard '-ive.' This spelling reflects older English or specialized linguistic contexts.
This is basically a historical spelling variant—you're much more likely to see 'ameliorative' in modern English, but 'ameliorativ' occasionally appears in older texts or specialized terminology, showing how English spelling wasn't always standardized.
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