[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

qualified \qual"ified\, a.
   1. fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
      1913 webster

   2. modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.
      1913 webster

   qualified fee law, a base fee, or an estate which has a
      qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the
      qualification, as a grant to a and his heirs, tenants of
      the manor of dale.

   qualified indorsement law, an indorsement which modifies
      the liability of the indorser that would result from the
      general principles of law, but does not affect the
      negotiability of the instrument. --story.

   qualified negative legislation, a limited veto power, by
      which the chief executive in a constitutional government
      may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body,
      which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a
      reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a
      certain majority specified in the constitution, when they
      become laws without the approval of the executive.

   qualified property law, that which depends on temporary
      possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in
      the case of a bailment.
      1913 webster

   syn: competent; fit; adapted.

   usage: 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.
          1913 webster
see also:
qualified fee qualified indorsement qualified negative qualified property qualified competent 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

qualify \qual"ify\, v. t. imp.  p. p. qualified; p. pr. 
   vb. n. qualifying. 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.
      1913 webster

            he had qualified himself for municipal office by
            taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   2. to give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to
      regulate.
      1913 webster

            it hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. --sir
                                                  t. browne.
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   3. to reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive
      form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to
      limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a
      statement, claim, or proposition.
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   4. hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to
      reduce the strength of, as liquors.
      1913 webster

            i do not seek to quench your love's hot fire,
            but qualify the fire's extreme rage.  --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. to soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. obs.
      1913 webster

            in short space he has them qualified. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   syn: to fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable;
        modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper.
        1913 webster
see also:
qualified qualifying quality -fy 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

qualify
     v 1: prove capable or fit; meet requirements syn: measure up
     2: pronounce fit or able; "she was qualified to run the
        marathon"; "they nurses were qualified to administer the
        injections" ant: disqualify
     3: make more specific; "qualify these remarks" syn: restrict
     4: make fit or prepared; "your education qualifies you for this
        job" syn: dispose ant: disqualify
     5: 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" syn: stipulate, condition,
         specify
     6: 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" syn: characterize, characterise
     7: add a modifier to a constituent syn: modify
     also: qualified
see also:
measure up disqualify restrict dispose stipulate condition 
specify characterize characterise modify qualified 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

qualified
     adj 1: meeting the proper standards and requirements and training
            for an office or position or task; "many qualified
            applicants for the job" ant: unqualified
     2: limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified
        approval" ant: unqualified
     3: holding appropriate documentation and officially on record
        as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a
        specified skill; "a registered pharmacist"; "a registered
        hospital" syn: certified
     4: restricted in meaning; as e.g. `man' in `a tall man' syn:
         restricted
     5: having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable
        proportions; especially made less severe; "justice
        moderated with mercy" syn: moderated
     6: contingent on something else syn: dependent, dependant
     7: legally qualified; "a competent witness"
see also:
unqualified certified restricted moderated dependent dependant 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

qualified
     see qualify
see also:
qualify 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

149 moby thesaurus words for "qualified":
   a propos, able, acceptable, accomplished, ad rem, adapted, adept,
   adjusted, admissible, altered, applicable, apposite, appropriate,
   apropos, apt, au fait, becoming, befitting, better, bound, bounded,
   boxed in, capable, changeable, changed, checked out, circumscribed,
   competent, conditional, conditioned, confined, contingent,
   converted, copyrighted, cramped, definite, degenerate, deserved,
   desirable, determined, deviant, disciplined, divergent,
   dovetailing, earned, efficient, eligible, enfranchised, entitled,
   equal to, equipped, experienced, expert, felicitous, finite, fit,
   fitted, fitted for, fitting, fixed, geared, good, happy, hedged,
   hedged about, hedged in, hemmed in, icebound, improved, instructed,
   journeyman, just right, justified, knowledgeable, landlocked,
   leavened, likely, limited, merited, meshing, metamorphosed,
   metastasized, mitigated, moderated, modified, modulated, mutant,
   narrow, on the button, opportune, partial, pat, patented, prepared,
   prescribed, proficient, proper, proscribed, proved, provisional,
   ready, rebuilt, reformed, relevant, renewed, reserved, restricted,
   revived, revolutionary, right, seasonable, seasoned, skilled,
   snowbound, softened, sortable, stinted, strait, straitened,
   subversive, suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, talented,
   tempered, tested, to the point, to the purpose, trained,
   transformed, translated, transmuted, tried, unmitigated, up to,
   up to snuff, warranted, well-earned, well-fitted, well-informed,
   well-qualified, well-suited, wicked, windbound, with voice,
   with vote, worse, worthy

[7] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

qualified. this term is frequently used in law. a man hag a qualified 
property in animals ferae naturae, while they remain in his power, but, as 
soon as they regain their liberty, his property in them is lost. a man has a 
qualified right to recover property of which he is not the owner, but which 
was unlawfully taken out of his possession. but this right may be defeated 
by the owner bring a suit or claiming the property. vide animals; trover. 

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