v.
(modifies, modifying, modified)
- make partial changes to.
▸Biology transform (a structure) during development or evolution.
▸Phonetics pronounce (a speech sound) differently from the norm.
- Grammar qualify the sense of (a noun).
Derivative
- modifiable adj.
- modificatory adj.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. modifier, from L. modificare, from modus (see mode).