modify
/ˈmɑ.dɪˌfaɪ/ verb B1- To change part of. · Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.
- To be or become modified.
- To set bounds to; to moderate.
- To qualify the meaning of.
Plural modify · He/she/it modifies · Past modified · Past participle modified · -ing form modifying
Verb forms
- Base form
- modify
- He/she/it
- modifies
- Past
- modified
- Past participle
- modified
- -ing form
- modifying
From the library
It may be remembered that after my marriage, and my subsequent start in private practice, the very intimate relations which had existed between Holmes and myself became to some extent modified.
A criminal strain ran in his blood, which, instead of being modified, was increased and rendered infinitely more dangerous by his extraordinary mental powers.
For many decades, a significant cultural cringe existed, prompting ambitious individuals to artificially modify their speech toward the Cultivated ideal.
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