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▪ I. qualifying, vbl. n.|ˈkwɒlɪfaɪɪŋ|
[f. prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. qualify, in various senses.
1574R. Scot Hop Gard. (1578) Epistle, To deuise argument of priuate profit, to the qualifying of your charges. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. vii. (1660) 135 The qualifying and allaying of the scorching heat of burning Agues. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) I. 124, I once thought a little qualifying among such violent spirits was not amiss. 1794J. Hutton Philos. Light, etc. 14 To suppose us knowing heat by any other means, besides its effect in the qualifying of bodies.
▪ II. qualifying, ppl. a.|ˈkwɒlɪfaɪɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That qualifies, in senses of the vb.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iv. iv. 9 My loue admits no qualifying crosse [usu. emend. dross]. 1704Norris Ideal World ii. iii. 192 Something..so peculiarly qualifying and distinguishing. 1769Junius Lett. xxxv. 160 A qualifying measure would not be accepted. 1812Scott Fam. Lett. (1894) I. viii. 241 The good we meet with..is always blended with qualifying bitterness. 1890Athenæum 26 Apr. 525/3 To pass a qualifying examination and to become a teacher. 1892H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. i. §36. 15 When attribute-words are used in this way [sc. as in give me that red book, not the blue one], we call them qualifying attribute-words. 1924O. Jespersen Philos. Gram. viii. 108 The most important of these [classes of adjuncts] undoubtedly is the one composed of what may be called restrictive or qualifying adjuncts. 1925Grattan & Gurrey Our Living Lang. xvii. 103 But it is not only variety of gender which distinguishes these qualifying nouns from Substantives. In many languages some of them have special distinguishing suffixes. Ibid. xli. 261 Expansion in the Subject:—..(b) Qualifying Phrases. 1939G. McKnight et al. Gram. Living Eng. x. 102 By the use of qualifying words, the common noun man..might be so narrowed in meaning as to refer to one definite individual. 1975R. A. Close Ref. Gram. ii. 66 Qualifying clauses..These qualify the main clause, in the sense of limiting its application to specific cases.
Hence ˈqualifyingly adv.
1831R. Blakey Free-will 109 They qualifyingly admit its force, by calling it a difficulty. |