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   Mod·i·fy

   /ˈmädəˌfī/

   

   verb

   • 1. make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme: "she may be prepared to modify her views" Similar altermake alterations tochangeadjustmake adjustments toadaptamendimprovereviserecastreformreshaperefashionredesignrestylerevampreworkremakeremodelremoldredoreconstructreorganizerefinereorientreorientatevarytransformconvertcustomizetailorinformal:tweaktechnical:permuterare:permutatemoderaterevisetempersoftentone downbluntdullqualifyrestrictlimitlessenreducedecreasediminishlowerabatemitigate
   • ▪ transform (a structure) from its original anatomical form during development or evolution.
   • ▪ (especially of an adjective) restrict or add to the sense of (a noun): "the target noun is modified by a “direction” word"
   • ▪ pronounce (a speech sound) in a way that is different from the norm for that sound.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French modifier, from Latin modificare, from modus (see mode).

   Derivatives

   • 1. modifiable adjective
   • 2. modificatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

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