Modifiability

mod·i·fy  (md-f)

v. mod·i·fied, mod·i·fy·ing, mod·i·fies

v.tr.

1. To change in form or character; alter.

2. To make less extreme, severe, or strong: refused to modify her stand on the issue.

3. Grammar To qualify or limit the meaning of. For example, summer modifies day in the phrase a summer day.

4. Linguistics To change (a vowel) by umlaut.

v.intr.

To be or become modified; change.

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[Middle English modifien, from Old French modifier, from Latin modificre, to measure, limit : modus, measure; see med- in Indo-European roots + -ficre, -fy.]

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modi·fia·bili·ty n.

modi·fia·ble adj.