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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Qualified \Qual"i*fied\, a. 1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments. 2. Modified; limited; as a qualified statement. {Qualified fee} (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it the fee ceasing with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale. {Qualified indorsement} (Law), an indorsement which modifies the liability of the indorser that would result from the general principles of law, but does not affect the negotiability of the instrument. --Story. {Qualified negative} (Legislation), a limited veto power, by which the chief executive in a constitutional government may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body, which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a certain majority specified in the constitution, when they become laws without the approval of the executive. {Qualified property} (Law), that which depends on temporary possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in the case of a bailment. Syn: Competent; fit adapted. Usage: {Qualified}, {Competent}. Competent is most commonly used with respect to native endowments and general ability suited to the performance of a task or duty; qualified with respect to specific acquirements and training. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Qualify \Qual"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Qualified}; p. pr & vb n. {Qualifying}.] [F. qualifier, LL qualificare fr L. qualis how constituted, as + -ficare (in comp.) to make See {Quality}, and {-Fy}.] 1. To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to to fit as for a place office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity. He had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession. --Macaulay. 2. To give individual quality to to modulate; to vary; to regulate. It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. --Sir T. Browne. 3. To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form to particular or restricted form to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as to qualify a statement, claim, or proposition. 4. Hence to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of as liquors. I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, But qualify the fire's extreme rage. --Shak. 5. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.] In short space he has them qualified. --Spenser. Syn: To fit equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable; modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: qualified adj 1: meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job" [ant: {unqualified}] 2: limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval" [ant: {unqualified}] 3: holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill; "a registered pharmacist"; "a registered hospital" [syn: {certified}] 4: (grammar) restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') [syn: {restricted}] 5: having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially made less severe; "justice moderated with mercy" [syn: {moderated}] 6: contingent on something else [syn: {dependent}, {dependant}] 7: (law) legally qualified; "a competent witness"
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