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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]

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.
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   2. To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or
      complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Qualify:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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