modif.

Noun

modification (countable and uncountable, plural modifications)

1. (obsolete, Scots law) The act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc.
   • Wherein his highnes commandement is, that a graue, wiſe, ⁊ ſage man, ſhalbe appointed pꝛeſident, who may haue yͤ ouerſight of theſe boũds, ⁊ be anſwerable therefoꝛe to the biſhop, his coũſell ⁊ ſynode, ⁊ he to be reſpected reaſonably foꝛ his paines, at the modification of ſtipends: […]1585, Treason Pretended against the King of Scots, […], London: […] Thomas Nelson, […], →OCLC, page 19
2. (obsolete) The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being.
   • Pleasure is the business of woman's life, according to the present modification of society […]1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC
3. The change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
4. The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
5. The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.
   • behavior modification officer
6. A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
   • Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.

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