modificatoryadj.
/ˌmɒdᵻfᵻˈkeɪt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈmɑdəfəkəˌtɔri/, /ˌmɑdəˈfɪkəˌtɔri/ That tends to modify a person or thing; modifying.In quot. 1824 with specific sense ‘in favour of modification’ (with reference to the Spanish constitution).
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the world > time > change > [adjective] > varying or modifying
modificative1685
modificatory1824
modifying1843
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [adjective] > modifying or qualifying
qualifying1582
qualificative1696
modifying1793
modificativea1832
modificatory1861
restrictive1878
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [adjective] > umlaut
modifying1845
umlauted1852
modificatory1861
mutated1875
metaphonical1894
metaphonized1894
metaphonic1922
umlauting1938
1824 Westm. Rev. Apr. 318 The modificatory party in Spain believed that the epoch of triumph was now at hand.
1861 F. M. Müller Lect. Sci. Lang. viii. 297 In Turkish..all modificatory syllables are placed at the end of the root.
1864 F. M. Müller Lect. Sci. Lang. (1868) 2nd Ser. vii. 326 Here ‘j’ and ‘dh’ are clearly modificatory letters.
1922 Hereditas 3 346 The ecotypes called forth by the modificatory influences of extreme habitat factors.
1971 B. Fowkes tr. A. Schmidt Concept Nature in Marx i. 33 Man's relation to reality is not primarily theoretical but practical and modificatory.
1993 Arch. Environmental Health (Nexis) 48 221 To identify the major determinant and modificatory factors..on the hair-organ relationship in Hg concentration.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1824