QUALIFY
\kwˈɒlɪfˌa͡ɪ], \kwˈɒlɪfˌaɪ], \k_w_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]\
Definitions of QUALIFY
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
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- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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prove capable or fit; meet requirements
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pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"
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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"
By Princeton University
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prove capable or fit; meet requirements
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pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
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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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Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.
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To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.
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To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.
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To soothe; to cure; - said of persons.
By Oddity Software
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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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To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
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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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Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.
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To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.
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To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.
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To soothe; to cure; - said of persons.
By Noah Webster.
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To make fit for any office, occupation, etc.; to moderate; lessen; soften; as, to qualify censure; to limit; modify; alter slightly; as, to qualify a statement.
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To become competent or fit for any office or employment.
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Qualified.
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Qualifying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To render capable or suitable: to furnish with legal power: to limit by modifications: to soften: to abate: to reduce the strength of: to vary.
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QUALIFIER.
By Daniel Lyons
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QUALIFIER.
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To fit for an office or occupation.
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To limit or modify; mitigate; restrict.
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To prepare for entering upon a function, employment, etc.
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Qualifiable.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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