qualify

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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

4. v. t. Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors. Source: opted

5. v. t. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. Source: opted

6. v. i. To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment. Source: opted

7. v. i. To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office. Source: opted

8. v. prove capable or fit; meet requirements Source: wordnet

9. v. pronounce fit or able Source: wordnet

10. v. make more specific Source: wordnet

11. v. make fit or prepared Source: wordnet

12. v. specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement Source: wordnet

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