modify
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From Middle English modifien, from 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.
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modify (third-person singular simple present modifies, present participle modifying, simple past and past participle modified)
- (transitive) To make partial changes to.
- (intransitive) To be or become modified.
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to make partial changes to
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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
