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modify
English
Etymology
From Middle English modifien, from Middle French modifier, from Latin modificare (“to limit, control, regulate, deponent”), from modificari (“to measure off, set bound to, moderate”), from modus (“measure”) + facere (“to make”); see mode.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?d?fa?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?d?fa?/
- Hyphenation: mod?i?fy
Verb
modify (third-person singular simple present modifies, present participle modifying, simple past and past participle modified)
- (transitive) To change part of.
- (intransitive) To be or become modified.
- (transitive) To set bounds to; to moderate.
- (grammar, transitive) To qualify the meaning of.
- 1977, Linda R. Waugh, A Semantic Analysis of Word Order: Position of the Adjective in French
- There is inherently no ordering to the modification and no hierarchy of modification: that is, both adjectives modify the substantive and both apply equally to the substantive...
- 2016, Allen Ascher, The New Harbrace Guide: Genres for Composing
- Adjectives modify nouns.
- 1977, Linda R. Waugh, A Semantic Analysis of Word Order: Position of the Adjective in French
Conjugation
Synonyms
- adapt, alter, amend, revamp, rework
Related terms
- modification
Derived terms
- modifier
Translations
References
- modify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- modify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- domify
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rectifying
English
Verb
rectifying
- present participle of rectify
Anagrams
- certifying, cretifying
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