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   Qualify , 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.]
   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.
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   He had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession.
   Macaulay.
   
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   To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
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   It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. 
   Sir T. Browne.
   
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   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.
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   Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.
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   I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire,
   But qualify the fire's extreme rage.
   Shak.
   
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   To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.]
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   In short space he has them qualified.
   Spenser.
   
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   Syn. -- To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable; modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper.
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   Qualify, v. i.
   To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.
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   To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.
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