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mod·i·fy

(mŏd′ə-fī′)

v. mod·i·fied, mod·i·fy·ing, mod·i·fies

v.tr.

1. To change in form or character; alter.

2. To make less extreme, severe, or strong: refused to modify her stand on the issue.

3. Grammar To qualify or limit the meaning of. For example, summer modifies day in the phrase a summer day.

4. Linguistics To change (a vowel) by umlaut.

v.intr.

To be or become modified; change.

[Middle English modifien, from Old French modifier, from Latin modificāre, to measure, limit : modus, measure; see med- in Indo-European roots + -ficāre, -fy.]

mod′i·fi′a·bil′i·ty n.

mod′i·fi′a·ble adj.

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Translations

modifying

[ˈmɒdɪfaɪɪŋ]

A. ADJ [note, term, factor] → modificador, modificante

B. N → modificación f

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