modifiable

Variant of modify

transitive verb modified, modifying

  1. to change or alter; esp., to change slightly or partially in character, form, etc.
  2. to limit or reduce slightly; moderate: to modify a penalty
  3. Gram. to limit the meaning of; qualify: “old” modifies “man” in “old man”
  4. Linguis. to change the form of a morpheme to indicate grammatical relations or derivation

Origin: ME modifien < MFr < L modificare, to limit, regulate < modus, measure (see mode) + facere, to make: see do

intransitive verb

to be modified

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