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qual⋅i⋅fi⋅a⋅ble

  [kwol-uh-fahy-uh-buhl]
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–adjective
capable of being qualified: qualifiable statements.
Origin:
1605–15; qualify + -able
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qual·i·fy   (kwŏl'ə-fī')   
v.   qual·i·fied, qual·i·fy·ing, qual·i·fies

v.   tr.

  1. To describe by enumerating the characteristics or qualities of; characterize.

  2. To make competent or eligible for an office, position, or task.

    1. To declare competent or capable; certify.

    2. To make legally capable; license.

  4. To modify, limit, or restrict, as by giving exceptions.

  5. To make less harsh or severe; moderate. See Synonyms at moderate.

  6. Grammar To modify the meaning of (a noun, for example).

v.   intr.

  1. To be or become qualified.

  2. To reach the later stages of a selection process or contest by competing successfully in earlier rounds.


[From French qualifier (from Old French) and from Middle English qualifien, to specify the time and place of a document's execution, both from Medieval Latin quālificāre, to attribute a quality to : Latin quālis, of such a kind; see quality + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
qual'i·fi'a·ble adj.
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