qualify

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1. 1.To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate. It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. Sir T. Browne.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.] In short space he has them qualified. Spenser.
5. 5.To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.
6. 6.To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate. It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. Sir T. Browne called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.] In short space he has them qualified. Spenser called?
• What is to be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment called?
• What is to obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office called?