Definitions
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Word origin
From Middle English modifien, from Middle French modifier, from Latin modificare (“to limit, control, regulate, deponent”), from modificari (“to measure off, set bound to, moderate”), from modus (“measure”) + facere (“to make”); see mode.
Used in a sentence
“Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.”
“There is inherently no ordering to the modification and no hierarchy of modification: that is, both adjectives modify the substantive and both apply equally to the substantive[…]”
“Adjectives modify nouns.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Change slightly”6 letters
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