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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Qualified \Qual"i*fied\, 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Qualify \Qual"i*fy\, 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] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: 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}, {qualified}] 4: restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') [syn: {restricted}, {qualified}] 5: contingent on something else [syn: {dependent}, {dependant}, {qualified}]