Qualified

7 definitions found

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

  Qualified \Qual"i*fied\, a.
     1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
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     2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.
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     {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.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              He had qualified himself for municipal office by
              taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     2. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to
        regulate.
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              It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. --Sir
                                                    T. Browne.
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     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.
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     4. Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to
        reduce the strength of, as liquors.
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              I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire,
              But qualify the fire's extreme rage.  --Shak.
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     5. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.]
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              In short space he has them qualified. --Spenser.
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     Syn: To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable;
          modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  qualify
       v 1: prove capable or fit; meet requirements [syn: {measure up}]
       2: pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the
          marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the
          injections" [ant: {disqualify}]
       3: make more specific; "qualify these remarks" [syn: {restrict}]
       4: make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this
          job" [syn: {dispose}] [ant: {disqualify}]
       5: 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" [syn: {stipulate}, {condition},
           {specify}]
       6: 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" [syn: {characterize}, {characterise}]
       7: add a modifier to a constituent [syn: {modify}]
       [also: {qualified}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  qualified
       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}]
       4: restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') [syn:
           {restricted}]
       5: having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable
          proportions; especially made less severe; "justice
          moderated with mercy" [syn: {moderated}]
       6: contingent on something else [syn: {dependent}, {dependant}]
       7: legally qualified; "a competent witness"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  qualified
       See {qualify}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  149 Moby Thesaurus words for "qualified":
     a propos, able, acceptable, accomplished, ad rem, adapted, adept,
     adjusted, admissible, altered, applicable, apposite, appropriate,
     apropos, apt, au fait, becoming, befitting, better, bound, bounded,
     boxed in, capable, changeable, changed, checked out, circumscribed,
     competent, conditional, conditioned, confined, contingent,
     converted, copyrighted, cramped, definite, degenerate, deserved,
     desirable, determined, deviant, disciplined, divergent,
     dovetailing, earned, efficient, eligible, enfranchised, entitled,
     equal to, equipped, experienced, expert, felicitous, finite, fit,
     fitted, fitted for, fitting, fixed, geared, good, happy, hedged,
     hedged about, hedged in, hemmed in, icebound, improved, instructed,
     journeyman, just right, justified, knowledgeable, landlocked,
     leavened, likely, limited, merited, meshing, metamorphosed,
     metastasized, mitigated, moderated, modified, modulated, mutant,
     narrow, on the button, opportune, partial, pat, patented, prepared,
     prescribed, proficient, proper, proscribed, proved, provisional,
     ready, rebuilt, reformed, relevant, renewed, reserved, restricted,
     revived, revolutionary, right, seasonable, seasoned, skilled,
     snowbound, softened, sortable, stinted, strait, straitened,
     subversive, suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, talented,
     tempered, tested, to the point, to the purpose, trained,
     transformed, translated, transmuted, tried, unmitigated, up to,
     up to snuff, warranted, well-earned, well-fitted, well-informed,
     well-qualified, well-suited, wicked, windbound, with voice,
     with vote, worse, worthy
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  QUALIFIED. This term is frequently used in law. A man hag a qualified 
  property in animals ferae naturae, while they remain in his power, but, as 
  soon as they regain their liberty, his property in them is lost. A man has a 
  qualified right to recover property of which he is not the owner, but which 
  was unlawfully taken out of his possession. But this right may be defeated 
  by the owner bring a suit or claiming the property. Vide Animals; Trover.