[1] : 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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

qualifying
     adj : referring to or qualifying another sentence element;
           "relative pronoun"; "relative clause"
     n 1: the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies
          the meaning of the phrase syn: modification, limiting
     2: success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future
        depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in
        introductory chemistry" syn: passing, pass ant: failing
see also:
modification limiting passing pass failing 

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

20 moby thesaurus words for "qualifying":
   altering, assuasive, bounding, extenuating, extenuatory, lenitive,
   limitative, limiting, mitigating, mitigative, mitigatory,
   modificatory, modifying, modulatory, palliative, qualificative,
   qualificatory, restricting, restrictive, softening

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