| Qualify (qualify) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Qual"i*fy |
| [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 |
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.
To give individual quality to; to modulate;
to vary; to regulate.
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.
Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to
assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.
To soothe; to cure; -- said of
persons.
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| Qualify (qualify) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Qual"i*fy |
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To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or
employment.
To obtain legal power or capacity by taking
the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an
office.
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