modify
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English modifien, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French modifier, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin modificare (“to limit, control, regulate, deponent”), from modificari (“to measure off, set bound to, moderate”), from modus (“measure”) + facere (“to make”); see mode.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: mod‧i‧fy
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Verb
modify (third-person singular simple present modif, present participle ies, simple past and past participle modified)
- (transitive) To change part of.
- (intransitive) To be or become modified.
- (transitive) To set bounds to; to moderate.
- (grammar, transitive) To qualify the meaning of.
- (Can we date this quote?), A Semantic Analysis of Word Order: Position of the Adjective in French
- There is inherently no ordering to the modification and no hierarchy of modification: that is, both adjectives modify the substantive and both apply equally to the substantive...
- (Can we date this quote?) The New Harbrace Guide: Genres for Composing
- Adjectives modify nouns.
- (Can we date this quote?), A Semantic Analysis of Word Order: Position of the Adjective in French
Synonyms
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Derived terms
Translations
to change part of
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to be or become modified
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References
- “modify”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “modify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.