Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - modify
Modify
modify
v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 make less severe or extreme; tone down (modify one's demands). 2 make partial changes in; make different. 3 Gram. qualify or expand the sense of (a word etc.). 4 Phonet. change (a vowel) by umlaut. 5 Chem. change or replace all the substituent radicals of a polymer, thereby changing its physical properties such as solubility etc. (modified starch). Derivatives modifiable adj. modificatory adj. Etymology: ME f. OF modifier f. L modificare (as MODE)
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verb (-fied; -fying) Etymology: Middle English modifien, from Anglo-French modifier, from Latin modificare to measure, moderate, from modus Date: 14th century transitive verb to make less extreme ; moderate, 2. to limit or restrict the meaning of especially in a grammatical construction, to change (a vowel) by umlaut, 3. to make minor changes in, to make basic or fundamental changes in often to give a new orientation to or to serve a new end , intransitive verb to undergo change, see: change modifiability noun modifiable adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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