adv. [ Cf. lief dear. ] On my life; dearly. [ Obs. ] “I love that sport alife.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ala wing + -ferous. ] Having wings, winged; aligerous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ala wing + -form. ] Wing-shaped; winglike. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. alcalifiable. ] Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alkalified p. pr. & vb. n. Alkalifying. ] [ Alkali + -fly: cf. F. alcalifier. ] To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become changed into an alkali. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amygdalum almond + -ferous. ] Almond-bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., } n., etc. Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) a large vulture (Gymnogyps californianus), also called California vulture. In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered species. The California condor used to number in the thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could be identified in the wild. A breeding program was instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds had been reintroduced into the wild. [ PJC ]

A game at cards, a modification of seven-up, or all fours. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to California. -- n. A native or inhabitant of California. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

I must still retain the consciousness of those disqualifications which you have been pleased to overlook. Sir J. Shore. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. rendered ineligible by law or rule or provision; as, disqualified from voting. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Sports) barred from competition for violation of rules; as, a disqualified player. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disqualified p. pr. & vb. n. Disqualifying. ] 1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state, or act. [ 1913 Webster ]

My common illness disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Me are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caliph. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Kali + -form. ] Formed like kali, or glasswort. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caliph. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mammal + -ferous. ] (Geol.) Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Oval + -form. ] Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. palus a stake + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. palification. See -fy. ] The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm. [ R. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Petal + -ferous. ] Bearing petals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the form of a petal; petaloid; petal-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. qualification. See Qualify. ] 1. The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no qualification for government but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement. [ 1913 Webster ]

How many qualificatives, correctives, and restrictives he inserteth in this relation. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. ] (R. C. Ch.) An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Competent; fit; adapted. -- 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the way of qualification; with modification or qualification. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being qualified. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire,
But qualify the fire's extreme rage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In short space he has them qualified. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable; modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sal salt + -ferous. ] Producing, or impregnated with, salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Saliferous rocks (Geol.), the New Red Sandstone system of some geologists; -- so called because, in Europe, this formation contains beds of salt. The saliferous beds of New York State belong largely to the Salina period of the Upper Silurian. See the Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. salifiable. See Salify. ] (Chem.) Capable of neutralizing an acid to form a salt; -- said of bases; thus, ammonia is salifiable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. salification. ] (Chem.) The act, process, or result of salifying; the state of being salified. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Salified p. pr. & vb. n. Salifying ] [ F. salifier; from L. sal salt + -ficare (only in comp.) to make. See -fy. ] (Chem.) (a) To combine or impregnate with a salt. (b) To form a salt with; to convert into a salt; as, to salify a base or an acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sandal + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a sandal or slipper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + quality. ] To disqualify; to unfit. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

See obnoxious.
See observable.
See observant.
See obstructive.
See obvious.
See official.
See officious.
See oppressive.
See ordinary.
See ordinate.
See original.
See ornamental.
See orthodox.
See ostentatious.
See pacifiable.
See pacific.
See painful.
See palatable.
See parallelable.
See pardonable.
See partable.
See participant.
See passionate.
See pastoral.
See pathetic.
See patriotic.
See peaceable.
See peaceful.
See pedantic.
See perceivable.
See perceptible.
See perilous.
See permanent.
See personable.
See perspirable.
See persuadable.
See persuasive.
See philanthropic.
See philosophic.
See philosophical.
See physical.
See picturesque.
See pierceable.
See pitiful.
See plain.
See plausible.
See plausive.
See pleadable.
See pleasurable.
See pliable.
See pliant.
See plumb.
See poetic.
See poetical.
See political.
See popular.
See populous.
See portable.
See potable.
See precarious.
See precise.
See pregnant.
See prejudicate.
See prelatical.
See premeditable.
See presentable.
See preservable.
See presumptuous.
See pretentious.
See pretty.
See prevalent.
See priestly.
See primitive.
See princely.
See procurable.
See producible.
See productive.
See professional.
See profitable.
See prolific.
See pronounceable.
See prophetic.
See propitious.
See proportionable.
See proportionate.
See prosperous.
See provable.
See punctilious.
See punctual.
See punishable.
See pure.
See qualifiable.
See quenchable.
See quiet.
See rational.
See readable.
See reasonable.
See recallable.
See reclaimable.
See recognizable.
See reconcilable.
See recoverable.
See recumbent.
See reformable.
See refusable.
See regardable.
See regardant.
See relative.
See relievable.
See reluctant.
See remarkable.
See remediable.
See rememberable.
See remorseful.
See removable.
See remunerative.
See repairable.
See repealable.
See repentant.
See reprovable.
See repugnant.
See requisite.
See requitable.
See resolvable.
See respectable.
See restful.
See retentive.
See returnable.
See revengeful.
See ridable.
See ridiculous.
See rightful.
See romantic.
See rough.
See royal.
See ruinable.
See ruly.
See sacrificial.
See safe.
See sage.
See sailable.
See salable.
See sane.
See sanguine.
See sanitary.
See satisfactory.
See satisfiable.
See saturable.
See savory.
See scalable.
See scaly.
See scholarly.
See scholastic.
See scientific.
See scornful.
See scriptural.
See sculptural.
See seaworthy.
See sectarian.
See secular.
See sedentary.
See selfish.
See sentient.
See sentimental.
See serviceable.
See severe.
See shamefaced.
See shamefast.
See shapely.
See shy.
See sick.
See sicker.
See sightly.
See simple.
See sinewy.
See sizable.
See sleek.
See slumberous.
See sly.
See smooth.
See smotherable.
See smutty.
See sober.
See sociable.
See social.
See solemn.
See soliciutous.
See solvable.
See speakable.
See speedy.
See spiritual.
See spontaneous.
See sportful.
See sportsmanlike.
See statutable.
See steadfast.
See steady.
See stormy.
See stout.
See strong.
See subduable.
See subject.
See submissive.
See subordinate.
See substantial.
See successive.
See succorable.
See suggestive.
See suitable.
See sunny.
See superfluous.
See supple.
See sure.
See surpassable.
See susceptible.
See suspect.
See suspectable.
See suspicious.
See sustainable.
See sweet.
See syllogistical.
See symbolic.
See sympathetic.
See systematic.
See tamable.
See tame.
See teachable.
See technical.
See tellable.
See tenable.
See tender.
See terrestrial.
See terrific.
See thankful.
See theological.
See thinkable.
See thirsty.
See thorny.
See thoughtful.
See tidy.
See tillable.
See toothsome.
See touchable.
See traceable.
See tractable.
See tragic.
See tranquil.
See transferable.
See translatable.
See transmutable.
See transparent.
See transpassable.
See traversable.
See tremulous.
See trimphant.
See trustworthy.
See trusty.
See tumultous.
See tunable.
See uniform.
See usable.
See useful.
See vanquishable.
See variant.
See venerable.
See venomous.
See veracious.
See verdant.
See veritable.
See vigilant.
See vigorous.
See virtuous.
See vital.
See vitrifiable.
See vocal.
See voidable.
See voluptuous.
See voyageable.
See vulgar.
See walkable.
See warlike.
See watchful.
See watery.
See wealthy.
See wearable.
See weary.
See welcome.
See wet.
See wholesome.
See wieldsome.
See willful.
See wily.
See witty.
See womanly.
See workable.
See workmanlike.
See worldly.
See worshipful.
See wrathful.
See writable.
See zealous.
------ and the like.
[ 1913 Webster ]