Thanks Sorin. Saved me the time. :-) At least I wasn't the only one! <whew> :-) On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 08:27:19 +0200, "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> took time to say the following: SS> For you ignorant techies out there (had to look it up myself...) 8-): SS> SS> From <http://www.synonym.com/synonym/ameliorate> SS> SS> Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb ameliorate SS> SS> Sense 1 SS> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate SS> => change, alter SS> SS> Sense 2 SS> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate SS> => change state, turn SS> -------------- SS> SS> Overview of verb ameliorate SS> SS> The verb ameliorate has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) SS> SS> 1. better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate -- (to make better; SS> "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes") SS> 2. better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate -- (get better; "The weather SS> improved toward evening.") ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: Straymonkey.com Excellent web templates, fonts, and downloads on this new site brought to you by The Kenzig Group http://www.straymonkey.com ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm