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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUAL'IFIED, pp. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments; modified.
Qualified fee, in law, a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, and which ceases with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale.
Qualified negative, in legislation, the power of negativing bills which have passed the two houses of the legislature; a power vested in the president, governor or other officer, but subject to be overruled and defeated by a subsequent vote of the two houses, passed in conformity with the provisions of the constitution.
Qualified property, is that which depends on temporary possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1558 1. a. fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose ; competent b. having complied with the specific requirements or precedent conditions (as for an office or employment) ; eligible 2. limited or modified in some way <qualified approval> • qualifiedly adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Qualified Qual"i*fied, a. 1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments. 2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement. 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. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. He had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession. --Macaulay. 2. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate. It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. --Sir T. Browne. 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. 4. Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors. I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, But qualify the fire's extreme rage. --Shak. 5. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.] In short space he has them qualified. --Spenser. Syn: To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable; modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is qualified has passed the examinations that they need to pass in order to work in a particular profession. Demand has far outstripped supply of qualified teachers... ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If you give someone or something qualified support or approval, your support or approval is not total because you have some doubts. The government has given qualified support to the idea... ? unqualified ADJ: ADJ n 3. If you describe something as a qualified success, you mean that it is only partly successful. Even as a humanitarian mission it has been only a qualified success. PHRASE: v-link PHR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Modified, limited. 2. Competent, fit, adapted.

Moby Thesaurus

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