modify
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[edit] Etymology
< Middle English modifien < French modifier < Latin modificare (“‘to limit, control, regulate, deponent’”) < modificari (“‘to measure off, set bound to, moderate’”) < modus (“‘measure’”) + facere (“‘to make’”); see mode.
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to modify (third-person singular simple present modifies, present participle modifying, simple past and past participle modified)
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to make partial changes to
to be or become modified
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[edit] References
- modify in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- modify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
