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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
qualify
v 1: prove capable or fit; meet requirements [syn: qualify,
measure up]
2: pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the
marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the
injections" [ant: disqualify]
3: make more specific; "qualify these remarks" [syn: qualify,
restrict]
4: make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this
job" [syn: qualify, dispose] [ant: disqualify,
indispose, unfit]
5: specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or
agreement; make an express demand or provision in an
agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the
house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the
dates of the payments" [syn: stipulate, qualify,
condition, specify]
6: describe or portray the character or 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: qualify, characterize,
characterise]
7: add a modifier to a constituent [syn: modify, qualify]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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He had qualified himself for municipal office by
taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession.
--Macaulay.
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2. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to
regulate.
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It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. --Sir
T. Browne.
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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.
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4. Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to
reduce the strength of, as liquors.
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I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire,
But qualify the fire's extreme rage. --Shak.
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5. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.]
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In short space he has them qualified. --Spenser.
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Syn: To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable;
modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Qualify \Qual"i*fy\, v. i.
1. To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or
employment.
[1913 Webster]
2. To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or
complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.
[1913 Webster]
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Thesaurus Results for qualify:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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