Antonyms for qualify
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kwol-uh-fahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɒl əˌfaɪ |
Definition of qualify
Origin :- mid-15c., "to invest with a quality," from Middle French qualifier (15c.) and directly from Medieval Latin qualificare "attribute a quality to; make of a certain quality," from Latin qualis "of what sort?," correlative pronomial adjective (see quality) + facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "to limit, modify" is from 1530s. Sense of "be fit for a job" first appeared 1580s. Related: Qualified; qualifying.
- verb make or become ready, prepared
- verb lessen, restrict
- verb characterize, distinguish
- And I'll be qualify'd I never larnt such a word when I went to his school.
- Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
- Do you send him to me,—I'll qualify him for that important station.
- Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
- She tossed her head as much as to say that she was still able to qualify for the description.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- So Mr. Croy showed he could qualify the humble hand that assuaged him.
- Extract from : « The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 » by Henry James
- I began to qualify, rather weakly; but what I said did not matter.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- In 1892 it was enacted that women might study law and qualify for the Bar.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- When a boy has become a first-class scout he may qualify for the merit badges.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
- Before a boy can become a tenderfoot he must qualify for same.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
- That which serves to qualify other acts cannot be itself a special act.
- Extract from : « On Prayer and The Contemplative Life » by St. Thomas Aquinas
- The bullies were called on to qualify under the eyes of the master.
- Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
Synonyms for qualify
- abate
- adapt
- alter
- ascribe
- assign
- assuage
- attribute
- authorize
- capacitate
- certify
- change
- check out
- circumscribe
- come up to snuff
- commission
- condition
- cut it
- describe
- designate
- diminish
- earn one's wings
- ease
- empower
- enable
- endow
- entitle
- equip
- fill the bill
- fit
- get by
- ground
- hack it
- impute
- individualize
- individuate
- limit
- make it
- make the cut
- make the grade
- mark
- measure up
- meet
- mitigate
- moderate
- modify
- modulate
- name
- pass
- pass muster
- permit
- predicate
- ready
- reduce
- regulate
- restrain
- sanction
- score
- signalize
- singularize
- soften
- suffice
- suit
- temper
- train
- vary
- weaken
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