Hypertext Webster Gateway: "qualifying"

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

qualifying
adj : (grammar) referring to or qualifying another sentence
element; "relative pronoun"; "relative clause"
n 1: the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies
the meaning of the phrase [syn: {modification}, {limiting}]
2: success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future
depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in
introductory chemistry" [syn: {passing}, {pass}] [ant: {failing}]


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