To qualify is to be entitled to something or to fit the requirements of something, or to modify or soften a statement or action.
(verb)See qualify in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb qualified, qualifying
Origin: Fr qualifier < ML qualificare < L qualis, of what kind (see quale) + facere, to make, do
intransitive verb
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See qualify in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb qual·i·fied, qual·i·fy·ing, qual·i·fies verb, transitive
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Origin: From French qualifier (from Old French)
Origin: and from Middle English qualifien, to specify the time and place of a document's execution
Origin: , both from Medieval Latin quālificāre, to attribute a quality to
Origin: : Latin quālis, of such a kind; see quality
Origin: + Latin -ficāre, -fy
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