About The Word Modify
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Modify
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What's The Definition Of Modify?
[v] make changes to; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"
[v] (grammar) add a modifier to a constituent Synonyms | Synonyms for Modify: Related Terms | Find terms related to Modify: abate | accommodate | adapt | adjust | adjust to | alter | ameliorate | amend | analyze | anatomize | assuage | atomize | better | box in | break up | change | chop logic | circumscribe | condition | convert | decrease | deform | denature | desynonymize | difference | differentiate | diminish | discriminate | disequalize | disjoin | distinguish | diversify | divide | fit | hedge | hedge about | improve | individualize | individuate | leaven | lessen | limit | lower | make a distinction | mark | mark off | mark out | meliorate | mitigate | moderate | modulate | mutate | narrow | overthrow | palliate | particularize | personalize | qualify | realign | rebuild | reconstruct | re-create | redesign | redo | reduce | refashion | refine a distinction | refit | reform | regulate by | remake | remodel | renew | reorganize | reorient | reshape | restrain | restrict | restructure | revamp | revise | revive | reword | rework | ring the changes | season | segregate | separate | set apart | set conditions | set limits | set off | sever | severalize | shift the scene | shuffle the cards | soften | specialize | split hairs | subvert | temper | tone down | transform | turn | turn the scale | turn the tables | turn the tide | turn upside down | vary | work a change | worsen See Also | add | attemper | buffer | change | corrupt | cream | cushion | harden | hop up | hot up | inflect | optimise | optimize | qualify | restrict | soften | soup up | specialise | specialize | spoil | syncopate | temper | update Modify In Webster's Dictionary \Mod"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modified}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Modifying}.] [F. modifier, L. modificare, modificari;
modus limit + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Mode}, and
{-fy}.]
1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter
somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some
mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.
2. To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to
qualify; to lower.
Of his grace He modifies his first severe decree.
--Dryden.
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