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      qualify
      noun
      (juggling) An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice.
      verb
      To successfully fall under some category or description by meeting requisite conditions.
      To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task.
      To certify or license someone for something.
      To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
      To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.
      To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
      To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
      (juggling) To throw and catch each object at least twice.
      (now rare) To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable.
      Roots
      qualisqualif- · Latin · of what kindfacio-fy · Latin · make, do
      Synonyms for qualify
      stipulatevcertifyvcapacitatevmodifyvconditionn
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