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modify::verb | Spocien Dictionary

modify
verb
/'mɑdə,faɪ/
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Type Words
Synonyms alter, change
Has types acerbate, acetylate, acetylise, acetylize, achromatise, achromatize, activate, add, adjust, adorn, aerate, affect, age, aggravate, alchemise, alchemize, alcoholise, alcoholize, alienate, alkalinise, alkalinize, allegorise, allegorize, alter, amalgamate, ameliorate, amend, americanise, americanize, angulate, animalise, animalize, animate, animise, animize, antiquate, antique, archaise, archaize, arouse, arterialise, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automate, automatise, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarise, barbarize, bear on, bear upon, beautify, bedim, beef up, begrime, bemire, bestialise, bestialize, bestow, better, blear, blind, blister, blot out, blunt, blur, boil, bolshevise, bolshevize, break, break down, break up, brighten, bring, brutalise, brutalize, bubble, worsen, accelerate, accustom, visualize, vitalise, vitalize, vitiate, vitrify, vivify, void, volatilise, volatilize, vulgarise, vulgarize, wake, wake up, waken, warm, weaken, weaponize, westernise, westernize, wet, widen, womanize, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralise, centralize, change intensity, change over, change taste, charge, chasten, check, chill, chord, circularize, civilise, civilize, clarify, classicise, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coagulate, coarsen, cohere, collimate, colly, color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize, commercialise, commercialize, commix, communise, communize, commute, compensate, complicate, concentrate, condense, confuse, constitutionalise, constitutionalize, contaminate, contract, contribute, conventionalise, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, cool down, correct, corrupt, counterchange, crack, crush, cry, customise, customize, cut, damage, darken, de-emphasise, de-emphasize, deactivate, deaden, deaminate, deaminize, debase, debauch, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralise, decentralize, decimalise, decimalize, deconcentrate, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, defog, deform, degauss, dehydrogenate, delay, demagnetise, demagnetize, demist, democratise, democratize, demonise, demonize, demoralise, demoralize, demulsify, demythologise, demythologize, denationalise, denationalize, denaturalise, denaturalize, denature, deodorise, deodorize, deodourise, depersonalise, depersonalize, depolarise, depolarize, deprave, depress, desensitise, desensitize, destabilise, destabilize, destress, detransitivise, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilise, devilize, diabolise, diabolize, digitalise, digitalize, digitise, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, disaffect, disarray, discolor, disenable, disharmonize, disintegrate, dismiss, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, dissonate, disturb, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, dope, draw, drop, dry, dry out, dull, dynamise, dynamize, ease off, ease up, edit, edit out, effeminise, effeminize, elaborate, elevate, embellish, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, energise, energize, envenom, equal, equalise, equalize, equate, eroticize, estrange, eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, etherealize, etherialise, etiolate, europeanise, europeanize, evaporate, even, even out, exacerbate, exasperate, exchange, excite, expand, extend, exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize, fasten, fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fecundate, feminise, feminize, fertilise, fertilize, fill, fill out, fill up, fix, flatten, flesh out, flocculate, form, fortify, freeze, frenchify, freshen, full, gear up, gelatinise, gelatinize, get, glamorise, glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glorify, grace, grime, habituate, harmonise, harmonize, harshen, heat, heat up, hide, hue, humanise, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialise, immaterialize, immortalise, immortalize, impact, impart, improve, inactivate, incandesce, incapacitate, increase, indispose, individualise, individualize, industrialise, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, inspissate, insulate, intensify, interchange, internationalise, internationalize, intransitivise, intransitivize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamise, islamize, isomerise, isomerize, lace, laicise, laicize, land, legitimate, lend, lessen, let up, liberalise, liberalize, lifehack, lift, lighten, lighten up, liquefy, liquidise, liquidize, liquify, loose, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetise, magnetize, make, make clean, make full, make grow, mark, market, masculinise, masculinize, match, mature, mechanise, mechanize, meliorate, merge, militarise, militarize, mince, mingle, minify, misdirect, mix, moderate, morph, muddy, mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize, nationalise, nationalize, naturalise, naturalize, nazify, neutralise, neutralize, nick, normalise, normalize, obfuscate, objectify, obliterate, obnubilate, obscure, occidentalise, occidentalize, officialise, officialize, opacify, opalise, opalize, opsonize, orientalise, orientalize, ornament, ossify, outmode, overcloud, overturn, oxidate, oxidise, oxidize, oxygenise, oxygenize, paganise, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, perplex, personalise, personalize, pervert, piggyback, plasticise, plasticize, plump, plump out, poison, polarise, polarize, politicise, politicize, port, prepare, pressurise, pressurize, profane, professionalise, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purge, purify, put, radicalize, raise, rarefy, rarify, rationalise, rationalize, ready, reclaim, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, rectify, redact, redo, redress, reestablish, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, reinstate, relax, remodel, renormalise, renormalize, replace, restore, retard, reverse, revolutionise, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticise, romanticize, round, round down, round off, round out, rouse, rusticate, sanctify, sanitise, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematise, schematize, scramble, sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize, sentimentalise, sentimentalize, set, set aside, set up, sex up, sexualise, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shoal, shorten, simplify, slenderise, slenderize, slow down, smut, sober, socialise, socialize, soften, soil, solemnise, solemnize, solvate, speed, speed up, spice, spice up, spike, spiritualize, sputter, stabilise, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, straighten out, strengthen, string, subdue, sublimate, substitute, subtilize, suburbanise, suburbanize, subvert, suspend, supercharge, supple, sweeten, switch, symmetrise, symmetrize, synchronise, synchronize, tame, temper, tender, tenderise, tenderize, tense, terminate, territorialise, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, touch on, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivise, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, undo, unfit, uniformise, uniformize, unify, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize, untie, untune, urbanise, urbanize, validate, vaporise, variegate, vascularise, vascularize, veil, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, virilise, virilize, visualise
Derivation modifiable, modification

modify::verb | Spocien Dictionary

modify
verb
/'mɑdə,faɪ/
add a modifier to a constituent
Type Words
Synonyms qualify
Type of add
Derivation modifier, modification

modify::verb | Spocien Dictionary

modify
verb
/'mɑdə,faɪ/
make less severe or harsh or extreme
Type Words
Type of change
Has types optimise, inflect, optimize, update, soup up, specialise, buffer, hop up, hot up, specialize, soften, spoil, corrupt, attemper, temper, cream, syncopate, qualify, cushion, harden
Derivation modification, modifier, modifiable


please modify this letter to make it more polite.

Examples of modify

modify
Not only are the vehicles easier to modify, he said, but they are safer as well.
From the chron.com
The refusal of the NCAA to modify them angered USC officials and fans even more.
From the heraldtribune.com
They soon had to modify their procedures because of the demand and short supply.
From the dailyherald.com
Review and modify their accounting system and other business systems if need be.
From the al.com
It also directs other federal agencies to modify loans that they own or control.
From the washingtontimes.com
The district already had begun to modify its offerings to reflect market demand.
From the post-gazette.com
Under existing law, bankruptcy courts cannot modify the terms of home mortgages.
From the washingtonpost.com
Democrats also tossed out a proposal to modify the state's income tax structure.
From the kansas.com
Jia Zhou, a UTMB medicinal chemist, to modify them and improve their properties.
From the sciencedaily.com
More examples
  • Make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
  • Add a modifier to a constituent
  • Change: 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"
  • (modification) alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
  • (modification) slightly modified copy; not an exact copy; "a modification of last year's model"
  • (modification) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
  • (Modified (album)) Modified is the second full-length album by Save Ferris. It was released on October 19, 1999.
  • To make partial changes to; To be or become modified
  • (modification) the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified; an alteration or adjustment to something; a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring; a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language; the change ...
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.