qualify

Verb

• add a modifier to a constituent

• 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
    

• 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
    

• make fit or prepared
  • Your education qualifies you for this job
    

• make more specific
  • qualify these remarks
    

• pronounce fit or able
  • She was qualified to run the marathon
    
  • They nurses were qualified to administer the injections
    

• prove capable or fit; meet requirements

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  modify , characterize , characterise , stipulate , condition , specify , dispose , restrict , measure up
• Antonyms: 
  disqualify , unfit , indispose