pronounce fit or able;"She was qualified to run the marathon" "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"
make more specific;"qualify these remarks"
make fit or prepared;"Your education qualifies you for this job"
specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement;"The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life" "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of;"You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist" "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
add a modifier to a constituent
中英词源
qualify 使符合资格
来自quality,质量，品质，-fy,使。即使符合质量要求，引申词义使符合资格。
qualify (v.)
mid-15c., "to invest with a quality," from Middle French qualifier (15c.) and directly from Medieval Latin qualificare "attribute a quality to; make of a certain quality," from Latin qualis "of what sort?," correlative pronominal adjective (see quality) + facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "to limit, modify" is from 1530s. Sense of "be fit for a job" first appeared 1580s. Related: Qualified; qualifying.
