Syn. — Competent; fit; adapted. — Qualified, Competent. Competent is most commonly used with respect to native endowments and general ability suited to the performance of a task or duty; qualified with respect to specific acquirements and training.
QUALIFIEDLY
Qual"i*fied`ly, adv.
Defn: In the way of qualification; with modification or qualification.
QUALIFIEDNESS
Qual"i*fied`ness, n.
Defn: The state of being qualified.
QUALIFIER
Qual"i*fi`er
Defn: , One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.
QUALIFY
Qual"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Qualified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Qualifying.] Etym: [F. qualifier, LL. qualificare, fr. L. qualis how
constituted, as + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Quality, and -Fy.]
1. To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity. He had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession. Macaulay.
2. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate. It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. Sir T. Browne.