Qualify

kwol′i-fī, v.t. to render capable or suitable: to furnish with legal power: to limit by modifications: to soften: to abate: to reduce the strength of: to vary: ( Scots law ) to prove, confirm.— v.i. to take the nece ary steps to fit one's self for a certain position.— adj. Qual′ifiable .— ns. Qualificā′tion , that which qualifies: a quality that fits a person for a place, .: ( logic ) the attaching of quality, or the distinction of affirmative and negative, to a term: abatement: ( Shak. ) pacification; Qual′ificātive , that which qualifies, modifies, or restricts: a qualifying term or statement; Qual′ificātor ( R.C. ), one who prepares ecclesiastical causes for trial.— adj. Qual′ificātory .— p.adj. Qual′ified , fitted: competent: modified: limited.— adv. Qual′ifiedly .— ns. Qual′ifiedne ; Qual′ifier .— adj. Qual′ifying .— Property qualification , the holding of a certain amount of property as a condition to the right of suffrage, . [Fr.,—Low L. qualificāre —L. qualis , of what sort, facĕre , to make.]