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qualify

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Qualify  \Qual"i*fy\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  be  or  become  qualified;  to  be  fit  as  for  an  office  or 
  employment. 
 
  2.  To  obtain  legal  power  or  capacity  by  taking  the  oath,  or 
  complying  with  the  forms  required,  on  assuming  an  office. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Qualify  \Qual"i*fy\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Qualified};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Qualifying}.]  [F.  qualifier,  LL  qualificare  fr  L. 
  qualis  how  constituted,  as  +  -ficare  (in  comp.)  to  make  See 
  {Quality},  and  {-Fy}.] 
  1.  To  make  such  as  is  required;  to  give  added  or  requisite 
  qualities  to  to  fit  as  for  a  place  office,  occupation, 
  or  character;  to  furnish  with  the  knowledge,  skill,  or 
  other  accomplishment  necessary  for  a  purpose;  to  make 
  capable,  as  of  an  employment  or  privilege;  to  supply  with 
  legal  power  or  capacity. 
 
  He  had  qualified  himself  for  municipal  office  by 
  taking  the  oaths  to  the  sovereigns  in  possession. 
  --Macaulay. 
 
  2.  To  give  individual  quality  to  to  modulate;  to  vary;  to 
  regulate. 
 
  It  hath  no  larynx  .  .  .  to  qualify  the  sound.  --Sir 
  T.  Browne. 
 
  3.  To  reduce  from  a  general,  undefined,  or  comprehensive 
  form  to  particular  or  restricted  form  to  modify;  to 
  limit;  to  restrict;  to  restrain;  as  to  qualify  a 
  statement,  claim,  or  proposition. 
 
  4.  Hence  to  soften;  to  abate;  to  diminish;  to  assuage;  to 
  reduce  the  strength  of  as  liquors. 
 
  I  do  not  seek  to  quench  your  love's  hot  fire,  But 
  qualify  the  fire's  extreme  rage.  --Shak. 
 
  5.  To  soothe;  to  cure;  --  said  of  persons.  [Obs.] 
 
  In  short  space  he  has  them  qualified.  --Spenser. 
 
  Syn:  To  fit  equip;  prepare;  adapt;  capacitate;  enable; 
  modify;  soften;  restrict;  restrain;  temper. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  qualify 
  v  1:  prove  capable  or  fit  meet  requirements  [syn:  {measure  up}] 
  2:  pronounce  fit  "She  was  qualified  to  run  the  marathon"  [ant: 
  {disqualify}] 
  3:  make  more  specific;  "qualify  these  remarks"  [syn:  {restrict}] 
  4:  make  fit  or  prepared;  "Your  education  qualifies  you  for  this 
  job"  [syn:  {dispose}]  [ant:  {disqualify}] 
  5:  specify  as  a  condition;  "The  will  stipulates  that  she  can 
  live  in  the  house  for  the  rest  of  her  life"  [syn:  {stipulate}, 
  {condition},  {specify}] 
  6:  describe  the  qualities  or  peculiarities  of  "You  can 
  characterize  his  behavior  as  that  of  an  egotist";  "This 
  poem  can  be  characterized  as  a  lament  for  a  dead  lover" 
  [syn:  {characterize}] 
  7:  add  a  modifier  to  a  constituent;  in  grammar  [syn:  {modify}]




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