verbWord forms: -fies, -fying or -fied1. to provide or be provided with the abilities or attributes necessary for a task, office, duty, etc
her degree qualifies her for the job
he qualifies for the job, but would he do it well?
2. (transitive) to make less strong, harsh, or violent; moderate or restrict
3. (transitive) to modify or change the strength or flavour of
4. (transitive) grammar another word for modify (sense 3)
5. (transitive) to attribute a quality to; characterize
6. (intransitive) to progress to the final stages of a competition, as by winning preliminary contests
Word origin
C16: from Old French
qualifier, from Medieval Latin
quālificāre to characterize, from Latin
quālis of what kind +
facere to make