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modifies, verb, present, 3rd person singular of modify (infinitive).

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Verb modifies, modifying, modified
modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
		change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
		optimise, optimize act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world
		attemper modify the temperature of; "attemper the air"
		syncopate modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat
		update modernize or bring up to date; "We updated the kitchen in the old house"
		update modernize or bring up to date; "We updated the kitchen in the old house"
		hop up, soup up, hot up make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"
		cream add cream to one's coffee, for example
		restrict, qualify place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
		corrupt, spoil alter from the original
		harden, temper become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"
		specialise, specialize become more focus on an area of activity or field of study; "She specializes in Near Eastern history"
		buffer add a buffer (a solution); "buffered saline solution for the eyes"
		inflect change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
		cushion, buffer, soften protect from impact; "cushion the blow"
modify - add a modifier to a constituent
		qualify
		add make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"
		grammar the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
		change, alter
		wake up, waken, awaken, rouse, wake, arouse stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
		cause to sleep make fall asleep; "The soft music caused us to fall asleep"
		affect act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate"
		refreshen, freshen, refresh become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"
		fecundate, inseminate, fertilise, fertilize introduce semen into (a female)
		indispose cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed"
		cry shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"
		etiolate make pale or sickly; "alcohol etiolates your skin"
		shade pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree; "the butterfly wings shade to yellow"
		animalise, animalize, brutalise, brutalize represent in the form of an animal
		convert change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"
		opalise, opalize replace or convert into opal; "opalized tree trunks"
		arterialise, arterialize change venous blood into arterial blood
		get, make cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
		counterchange, interchange, transpose cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"
		vascularise, vascularize make vascular; "the yolk sac is gradually vascularized"
		decrepitate to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops; "decrepitate salts"
		suburbanise, suburbanize make suburban in character; "highly suburbanized cities"
		revolutionise, revolutionize, overturn change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"
		etiolate make pale or sickly; "alcohol etiolates your skin"
		barbarise, barbarize make crude or savage in behavior or speech; "his years in prison have barbarized the young man"
		alkalinise, alkalinize make (a substance) alkaline; "The oxide is alkalized"
		mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology; "mythicize the ancient stories"
		allegorise, allegorize make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time"
		demythologise, demythologize remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value"
		land, bring reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"
		coarsen make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals"
		bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, affect, touch press or wedge together; pack together
		alchemise, alchemize alter (elements) by alchemy
		alcoholise, alcoholize make alcoholic, as by fermenting; "alcoholize prunes"
		shape, form give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"
		round down, round off, round out, round express as a round number; "round off the amount"
		suspend cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
		sober cause to become sober; "A sobering thought"
		reconstruct cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
		increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
		ease off, let up, ease up reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down"
		assimilate become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
		dissimilate become dissimilar or less similar; "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time"
		commute, exchange, convert exchange a penalty for a less severe one
		vitalise, vitalize make more lively or vigorous; "The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man"
		unclutter, clear rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk"
		activate make active or more active; "activate an old file"
		activate make active or more active; "activate an old file"
		aerate, activate make active or more active; "activate an old file"
		activate make active or more active; "activate an old file"
		deactivate, inactivate remove from active military status or reassign; "The men were deactivated after five years of service"
		blunt, deaden make less sharp; "blunt the knives"
		redo, remodel, reconstruct do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms"
		redact, edit prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
		edit out, edit, cut prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
		chasten, tame, subdue restrain
		chasten, temper, moderate restrain
		ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better make amendments to; "amend the document"
		aggravate, exacerbate, worsen, exasperate exasperate or irritate
		wet make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
		dry, dry out remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
		lubricate make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant; "lubricate the key"
		beef up, strengthen, fortify gain strength; "His body strengthened"
		fortify, lace, spike add nutrients to; "fortified milk"
		weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
		blunt make less sharp; "blunt the knives"
		oxidate, oxidise, oxidize enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide; "This metal oxidizes easily"
		merge, unify, unite become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge"
		age begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
		ripen, mature grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July"
		antiquate, antique make obsolete or old-fashioned
		antiquate make obsolete or old-fashioned
		make grow, develop expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form"
		soften become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it"
		damage inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
		ossify become bony; "The tissue ossified"
		acerbate make sour or bitter
		stabilise, stabilize make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"
		destabilise, destabilize make unstable; "Terrorism destabilized the government"
		sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
		desensitise, desensitize make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him"
		accustom, habituate make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"
		disarray, disorder bring disorder to
		discolor change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
		color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, color, colour add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
		stain color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"
		hue take on color or become colored; "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey"
		uglify make ugly
		untune cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!"
		adjust, correct, set adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
		set set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments"
		unfit, disqualify, indispose make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"
		domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, reclaim, tame make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
		widen become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened"
		dehydrogenate remove hydrogen from
		hydrogenate combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound)
		oxygenise, oxygenize dehydrogenate with oxygen
		darken make dark or darker; "darken a room"
		brighten, lighten up, lighten make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"
		blear, blur become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
		bedim, overcloud, obscure become covered with clouds; "The sky clouded over"
		blot out, veil, hide, obliterate, obscure to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"
		cook transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
		slenderise, slenderize make slender or appear to be slender; "slenderizing skirts"
		crack break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
		dismiss, dissolve bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"
		end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
		defog, demist free from mist; "demist the car windows"
		condense, concentrate, contract undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature"
		chill, cool, cool down depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
		heat up, heat make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up"
		warm make warm or warmer; "The blanket will warm you"
		boil immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes; "boil potatoes"; "boil wool"
		freeze suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"
		blister get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"
		change over, switch, shift make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
		transpose change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"
		change over, convert change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"
		transform change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
		transform change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
		transform change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
		transmute alter the nature of (elements)
		transubstantiate, transmute, transform change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ
		ash convert into ashes
		transform, translate change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
		reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"
		convert change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"
		islamise, islamize convert to Islam; "The Mughals Islamized much of Northern India in the 16th century"
		invert, reverse, turn back reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb"
		invert reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb"
		customise, customize make according to requirements; "customize a car"
		personalise, personalize, individualise, individualize make personal or more personal; "personalized service"
		depersonalise, depersonalize, objectify make impersonal or present as an object; "Will computers depersonalize human interactions?"; "Pornography objectifies women"
		sharpen become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"
		flatten, drop lower the pitch of (musical notes)
		disintegrate break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
		magnetise, magnetize make magnetic; "The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings"
		degauss, demagnetise, demagnetize make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of); "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship"
		simplify make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent; "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives"
		rarify, complicate, elaborate, refine make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"
		refine make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"
		complicate, perplex make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"
		supercharge, pressurise, pressurize increase the pressure on a gas or liquid
		centralise, centralize, concentrate make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"
		decentralise, decentralize, deconcentrate make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized"
		socialise, socialize make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies; "Health care should be socialized!"
		gear up, ready, prepare, fix, set up, set to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
		internationalise, internationalize make international in character; "We internationalized the committee"
		bolshevise, bolshevize, communise, communize make into property owned by the state; "The new government communized all banks"
		europeanise, europeanize make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas
		europeanise, europeanize make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas
		bestialise, bestialize make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to
		americanise, americanize become American in character; "After a year in Iowa, he has totally Americanized"
		frenchify become French in appearance or character; "This restaurant has Frenchified"
		civilise, civilize raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
		nationalise, nationalize put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks"
		denationalise, denationalize put under private control or ownership; "The steel industry was denationalized"
		naturalise, naturalize make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year"
		denaturalise, denaturalize strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; "The former Nazi was denaturalized"
		naturalise, naturalize make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year"
		denaturalise, denaturalize strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; "The former Nazi was denaturalized"
		even, even out make even or more even
		equalise, equalize, equal, equate, match compensate; make the score equal
		stiffen make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"
		loose, loosen become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
		fasten, tighten attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"
		transitivise, transitivize make transitive; "adding `out' to many verbs transitivizes them"
		detransitivise, detransitivize, intransitivise, intransitivize intransitivize; "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs"
		inspissate, thicken become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
		full make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
		diversify vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"
		decelerate, slow down reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car"
		deaden convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
		accelerate, speed up, speed move faster; "The car accelerated"
		delay, retard, check cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
		minify, decrease, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
		liquidise, liquidize, liquify, liquefy become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied"
		solvate undergo solvation or convert into a solvate
		dissolve declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
		validate make valid or confirm the validity of; "validate a ticket"
		vitiate, invalidate, void take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"
		empty become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
		make full, fill up, fill eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
		saturate cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
		coagulate, clot change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood"
		louden cause to become loud
		renormalise, renormalize, normalise, normalize make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard; "normalize relations with China"; "normalize the temperature"; "normalize the spelling"
		morph change shape as via computer animation; "In the video, Michael Jackson morphed into a panther"
		neutralise, neutralize make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution"
		commercialise, commercialize, market make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life"
		sanctify, purify, purge remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
		mechanise, mechanize make mechanical; "mechanize the procedure"
		automate, automatise, automatize make automatic or control or operate automatically; "automatize the production"; "automate the movement of the robot"
		automatise, automatize make automatic or control or operate automatically; "automatize the production"; "automate the movement of the robot"
		mechanise, mechanize make mechanical; "mechanize the procedure"
		chord, harmonise, harmonize play chords on (a string instrument)
		polarise, polarize become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation
		glorify bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"
		contaminate make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"
		devalue lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"
		insulate protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"
		calcify convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
		urbanise, urbanize make more industrial or city-like; "The area was urbanized after many people moved in"
		urbanise, urbanize make more industrial or city-like; "The area was urbanized after many people moved in"
		emulsify form into or become an emulsion; "The solution emulsified"
		demulsify break down into components
		decarboxylate remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound)
		nazify cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character; "Hitler nazified Germany in the 1930's"; "The arts were nazified everywhere in Germany"
		fecundate, fertilise, fertilize provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
		clarify make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"
		embrittle make brittle
		mark make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"
		nick mate successfully; of livestock
		disenable, disable, incapacitate injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"
		enable render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"
		de-emphasise, de-emphasize, destress reduce the emphasis
		tenderise, tenderize, tender make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat"
		charge saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
		bubble form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling"
		sweeten make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal"
		iodinate cause to combine with iodine; "iodinate thyroxine"
		ionate add ions to
		archaise, archaize give an archaic appearance of character to; "archaized craftwork"
		inform give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching"
		officialise, officialize make official; "We officialized our relationship"
		occidentalise, occidentalize, westernise, westernize make western in character; "The country was Westernized after it opened up"
		orientalise, orientalize make oriental in character; "orientalize your garden"
		acetylate, acetylise, acetylize introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)
		achromatise, achromatize remove color from; "achromatize the lenses"
		collimate, parallel adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
		camp give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
		classicise, classicize make classic or classical
		conventionalise, conventionalize make conventional or adapt to conventions; "conventionalized behavior"
		decimalise, decimalize change to the decimal system; "The country decimalized the currency in 1975"
		dizzy make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace"
		envenom, poison administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"
		exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectify make external or objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our thoughts"
		glamorise, glamourize, glamorize, glamourise make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!"
		introvert turn inside; "He introverted his feelings"
		laicise, laicize reduce to lay status; "laicize the parochial schools"
		politicise, politicize give a political character to; "politicize the discussion"
		radicalize make more radical in social or political outlook; "Her work in the developing world radicalized her"
		proof make resistant (to harm); "proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer"
		romanticise, romanticize act in a romantic way
		rusticate lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the country"
		sauce add zest or flavor to, make more interesting; "sauce the roast"
		shallow, shoal become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time"
		tense cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"
		steepen make steeper; "The landslides have steepened the mountain sides"
		scramble make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it"
		unscramble make intelligible; "Can you unscramble the message?"
		unsex remove the qualities typical of one's sex; "She unsexed herself"
		vitrify undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like
		pall lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"
		saponify convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali; "saponify oils and fats"
		expand, extend become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"
		set aside, suspend cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
		muddy make turbid; "muddy the water"
		transform change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
		elevate, lift, raise remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
		harshen make harsh or harsher; "Winter harshened the look of the city"
		dinge make dingy
		demonise, demonize make into a demon; "Power had demonized him"
		devilise, devilize, diabolise, diabolize turn into a devil or make devilish; "Man devilized by war"
		etherealize, etherialise make ethereal
		immaterialise, immaterialize, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize render immaterial or incorporeal
		animise, animize, animate give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons"
		clear free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"
		dynamise, dynamize make (a drug) effective; "dynamized medicine"
		dynamise, dynamize make (a drug) effective; "dynamized medicine"
		rarefy, subtilize, sublimate weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
		volatilise, volatilize make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor
		uniformise, uniformize make uniform; "the data have been uniformized"
		symmetrise, symmetrize make symmetric; "symmetrized waves"
		eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise, immortalize cause to continue indefinitely
		denature make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes
		denature make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes
		denature make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes
		sanitise, sanitize make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features; "sanitize a document before releasing it to the press"; "sanitize history"; "sanitize the language in a book"
		verbify make into a verb; "'mouse' has been verbified by computer users"
		shift move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion"
		sputter cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
		draw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
		make act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"
		dope give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race"
		prostrate render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy"
		excite produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
		energise, energize, excite produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
		shake move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook"
		outmode make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete; "Modern ways of cooking have outmoded the hearth"
		spice, spice up make more interesting or flavorful; "Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer"
		shorten become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
		think bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"
		make act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"
		deflate become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"
		inflate fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"
		reflate become inflated again
		digitalise, digitise, digitize, digitalize put into digital form, as for use in a computer; "he bought a device to digitize the data"
		gelatinise, gelatinize convert into gelatinous form or jelly; "hot water will gelatinize starch"
		recombine to combine or put together again
		effeminise, effeminize, feminise, feminize, womanize to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to; "This hairdo feminizes the man"
		masculinise, virilise, virilize, masculinize produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy; "the drugs masculinized the teenage girl"
		masculinize produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy; "the drugs masculinized the teenage girl"
		disharmonize, dissonate cause to sound harsh and unpleasant
		sexualise, sexualize make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to; "The god was sexualized and married to another god"; "Some languages sexualize all nouns and do not have a neuter gender"
		schematise, schematize give conventional form to; "some art forms schematise designs into geometrical patterns"
		patent make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"
		constitutionalise, constitutionalize incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional; "A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's"
		rationalise, rationalize remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"
		plasticise, plasticize make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer; "plasticized PVC"
		rarefy weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
		paganise, paganize make pagan in character; "The Church paganized Christianity"
		incandesce become incandescent or glow with heat; "an incandescing body"
		deaminate, deaminize remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination
		angulate make or become angular
		circularize make circular
		sensitise, sensitize make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
		sensitise, sensitize make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
		depolarise, depolarize eliminate the polarization of
		intensify become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
		isomerise, isomerize change into an isomer
		legitimate make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone); "They legitimized their natural child"
		evaporate, vaporise lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk"
		industrialise, industrialize develop industry; become industrial; "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West"
		opacify become opaque; "the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind"
		opsonize make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
		militarise, militarize adopt for military use; "militarize the Civil Service"
		nationalise, nationalize put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks"
		recommend make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person"
		sentimentalise, sentimentalize act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression
		solemnise, solemnize make solemn and grave; "This ceremony solemnized our hearts"
		territorialise, territorialize extend by adding territory
		transaminate undergo transfer from one compound to another; "amino groups can transaminate"
		transfigure, spiritualize, glorify elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
		unsanctify remove the sanctification from or make unsanctified
		vesiculate cause to become vesicular or full of air cells; "vesiculate an organ"
		visualise, visualize make visible; "With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized"
		variegate change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors
		ventilate furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape; "The architect did not think about ventilating the storage space"
		vivify make more striking or animated; "his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story"
		vulgarise, vulgarize debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage"
		supple make pliant and flexible; "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"
		professionalise, professionalize make professional or give a professional character to; "Philosophy has not always been professionalized and used to be a subject pursued only by amateurs"
		smut affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
		still make motionless
		weaponize make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon; "Will modern physicists weaponize String Theory?"
		eroticize, sex up give erotic character to or make more interesting; "eroticize the ads"
		piggyback bring into alignment with; "an amendment to piggyback the current law"
		port modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform
		lifehack make one's day-to-day activities more efficient
		cloud make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"
		obnubilate, confuse, obscure, blur mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
		tone down, tame, moderate make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
		obfuscate make obscure or unclear
		synchronise, synchronize make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts"
		mince, moderate, soften make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"
		militarise, militarize adopt for military use; "militarize the Civil Service"
		break down, crush collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
		fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, plump out, flesh out, plump, fill out make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
		disturb, touch damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
		dull make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
		blunt, dull make less sharp; "blunt the knives"
		sharpen become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"
		coarsen make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals"
		loosen become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
		untie, undo, loosen undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner"
		barb provide with barbs; "barbed wire"
		string add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"
		straighten, straighten out make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"
		bring bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
		amalgamate, commix, mingle, unify, mix get involved or mixed-up with; "He was about to mingle in an unpleasant affair"
		charge saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
		put attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
		make clean, clean remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"
		begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
		depress, lower lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"
		deform alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
		break up, break laugh unrestrainedly
		alter remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
		grace, ornament, adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
		humanise, humanize make more humane; "The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city"
		humble cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"
		disaffect, alien, estrange, alienate transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs"
		right regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"
		desensitise, desensitize make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him"
		deodorise, deodorize, deodourise eliminate the odor from; "This stick will deodorize your armpits"
		develop expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form"
		blur become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
		blind make dim by comparison or conceal
		change intensity increase or decrease in intensity
		change taste alter the flavor of
		substitute, interchange, replace, exchange put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
		capture capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
		bestow, impart, lend, contribute, add, bring give as a gift
		reestablish, reinstate, restore restore to the previous state or rank
		liberalise, liberalize make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules
		redress, right, compensate, correct regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"
		democratise, democratize introduce democratic reforms; of nations
		neutralize make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution"
		deprave, debauch, profane, demoralise, pervert, misdirect, vitiate, demoralize, debase, subvert, corrupt change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
		loosen, relax become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
		unify, unite become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge"
		flocculate form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass; "the protoplasms flocculated"
		turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
		cohere have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"

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Wiktionary

modify (Verb)
To make partial changes to.
modify (Verb)
To be or become modified.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

modify (v. t.)
To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.
modify (v. t.)
To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower.