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Verb: modify  'módu`fI
  1. Make less severe or harsh or extreme
    "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
     
  2. Add a modifier to a constituent
    - qualify
     
  3. Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    - change, alter

Derived forms: modified, modifies, modifying

See also: modifiable, modification, modifier

Type of: add, change

Encyclopedia: Modify