qualificative

& s. [English qualifica t(ion); -ive.] A. As adj.: Serving, or having the power, to qualify or modify. B. As substantive: That which serves to qualify, modify, or limit; a qualifying, modifying, or limiting term, clause, or statement. "Some who will forgive the use of our qualificatives."Fuller: General Worth i as, ch. xxi. qual-i-fi-ca-tõr, s . [Low Lat.] [QUALIFY.] Roman Church: An officer of the ecclesiastical courts, whose busine is to examine and prepare causes for trial. qual-I-fied, pa. par. & a. [QUALIFY.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : I. Ordinary Language: 1. Having a certain qualification or qualifications; fitted by accomplishments or endowments, or by the po e ion of certain qualities, properties, or powers, to exercise any right, privilege, function, or duty; as, a qualified voter, *2. Accomplished, endowed. "To him that is such a qualified young gentleman."Bernard: Terence in English , p. 286. 3. Accompanied with some qualification, modification, or limit; modified, limited; as, a qualified statement. II. Eccles .: Applied to a person enabled to hold two benefices. qualified-fee, s. [FEE, s., II. 2. (2) (a).]