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Another word for modify

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Verb

  1. To make or become different

      1. To undergo or show change:
      2. To deviate from a standard or expectation:
      3. To have a range of different qualities or amounts:
      1. To cause to move around an axis or center; cause to rotate or revolve:
      2. To cause to move around in order to achieve a result, such as opening, closing, tightening, or loosening:
      3. To alter or control the functioning of (a mechanical device, for example) by the use of a rotating or similar movement:
      1. To undergo or cause to undergo mutation.
      1. To cause to be different:
      2. To give a completely different form or appearance to; transform:
      3. To give and receive reciprocally; interchange:
      1. To change or make different; modify:
      2. To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.
      3. To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).
    See also:

    change

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Another word for modify

Verb

  1. To change

      1. To undergo or cause to undergo mutation.
      1. To change markedly the appearance or form of:
      2. To change the nature, function, or condition of; convert:
      3. To subject to a transformation.
      1. To make over in structure or style; reconstruct.
      2. To maintain (bone tissue) in dynamic equilibrium through the resorption and deposition of bone at a given site.
      1. To cause to be different:
      2. To give a completely different form or appearance to; transform:
      3. To give and receive reciprocally; interchange:
      1. To move or change (something) so as to be in a more effective arrangement or desired condition:
      2. To change so as to be suitable to or conform with something else:
      3. In chiropractic medicine, to manipulate (the spine and other body structures) to treat disorders and restore normal function of the nervous system.
      1. To alter or edit (a text).
      2. To reconsider and change or modify:
      3. To study again (academic material, for example), as for a test; review.
      1. To change or make different; modify:
      2. To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.
      3. To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).
    See also:

    revise

    change

  2. To moderate

      1. A concrete border or row of joined stones forming part of a gutter along the edge of a street.
      2. An enclosing framework, such as that around a skylight.
      3. A raised margin along an edge used to confine or strengthen.
      1. To hold back or keep in check; control:
      2. To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way:
      3. To hold, fasten, or secure so as to prevent or limit movement:
      1. To make competent or eligible for an office, position, or task:
      2. To declare competent or capable, as to practice a profession; certify:
      3. To render deserving of a descriptor by having or enumerating certain necessary characteristics:
      1. To make less severe or intense; moderate or alleviate.
      2. To make alterations to (land) to make it less polluted or more hospitable to wildlife.
    See also:

    change

    restrict

    decrease

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Sentence Examples

  • He turned to modify the army placement on the map.

  • For example, a tribe that would jump at iron arrow-heads stoutly declined to modify the shafts.

  • The relief of the land and varying degrees of rainfall and vegetation, however, serve to modify these conditions in many important particulars.

  • The pope was, however, compelled to modify his measures by the threat that if the people could not obtain the services of religion they would not support the clergy, and that heresy would spread.

  • In 1869 he sought to modify rather than to oppose the bill for the abolition of tests in the universities.

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