Qualify
Definition of Qualify
Qual´i`fy | v. t. | 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. | | 2. | To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate. | | 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. | | 5. | To soothe; to cure; - said of persons. | | 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. |
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