Thesaurus: qualify

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1. v. t. 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. v. t. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
3. v. t. 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. v. t. Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.
5. v. t. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons.
6. v. i. To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.
7. v. i. To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.
8. v. prove capable or fit; meet requirements
9. v. pronounce fit or able
10. v. make more specific
11. v. make fit or prepared
12. v. specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement