Qualificative

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Qualificative \Qual"i*fi*ca*tive\, n.
     That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying
     term or statement.
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           How many qualificatives, correctives, and restrictives


           he inserteth in this relation.           --Fuller.
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