English Dictionary: Quelleffekt | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Qualification \Qual`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. qualification. See {Qualify}.] 1. The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified. 2. That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession. There is no qualification for government but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive. --Burke. 3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Qualificative \Qual"i*fi*ca*tive\, n. That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement. How many qualificatives, correctives, and restrictives he inserteth in this relation. --Fuller. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Qualificator \Qual"i*fi*ca`tor\, n. [LL.] (R. C. Ch.) An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quillback \Quill"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American fresh-water fish ({Ictiobus, [or] Carpiodes, cyprinus}); -- called also {carp sucker}, {sailfish}, {spearfish}, and {skimback}. |