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modifyverb to limit the meaning of (as a noun)adjectives are words that modify nouns, while adverbs can modify adjectives and verbs qualify alter, color, distort, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warpnarrow broaden, expand, widen to make different in some wayhe modified the appliance so that it would run more quietly alter, change, make over, recast, redo, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary deform, metamorphose, mutateregenerate, revolutionize, transfigure, transform, transmutecommute, convert, exchangerejigger, retool fix, freeze, set, stabilize change, alter, vary, modify mean to make or become different.change implies making either an essential difference often amounting to a loss of original identity or a substitution of one thing for another.changed the shirt for a larger size alter implies a difference in some particular respect without suggesting loss of identity.slightly altered the original design vary stresses a breaking away from sameness, duplication, or exact repetition.vary your daily routine modify suggests a difference that limits, restricts, or adapts to a new purpose.modified the building for use by the disabled in the 14th century |