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English Dictionary: qualifying	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
qualifying n the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase Synonym(s): modification, qualifying, limiting success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" Synonym(s): passing, pass, qualifying Antonym(s): failing, flunk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Qualify \Qual"i*fy\, v. t. [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 {Quality}, and {-Fy}.] 1. 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. He had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession. --Macaulay. 2. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate. It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. --Sir T. Browne. 3. 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. Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors. I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, But qualify the fire's extreme rage. --Shak. 5. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.] In short space he has them qualified. --Spenser. Syn: To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable; modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper.