Word of the Day:
modify
What It Means
To be or become modified.
To set bounds to; to moderate.
Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.
Modify in Context
“There is inherently no ordering to the modification and no hierarchy of modification: that is, both adjectives modify the substantive and both apply equally to the substantive[…]”
Did You Know?
From Middle English modifien, from Middle French modifier, from Latin modificare (“to limit, control, regulate, deponent”), from modificari (“to measure off, set bound to, moderate”), from modus (“measure”) + facere (“to make”); see mode.
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