C. T. Onions, A Shakespeare Glossary, Q, Qu: , Q, Qu: , qualify

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qualify (1 very common 16th-17th cent. sense, with a great variety of objects)

1. to moderate, mitigate Meas. I. i. 65, John V. i. 13, Lr. I. ii. 182, Lucr. 424.

2. to appease, pacify Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 545 “Your discontenting father strive to qualify.”

3. to control, regulate Troil. II. ii. 118^*.

4. to dilute Oth. II. iii. 41 “one cup . . . qualified.”

5. to abate, diminish (something good) Ham. IV. vii. 113.

A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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