qualificare

qualificare [ML < CL qualis+-ficus+-are; cf. CL magnificare] 1 to invest or endow with (particular) quality or qualities, to impart a certain quality to, to make or cause to be of a certain sort, to make (thing) such as it is. natura est vigor quidam universalis ‥ in universis et singulis quadripartitus, ~atus, et quantificatus, differentes qualitates successive diffundens J. Sal. SS 962B; supra diximus vapores in sublimibus vario modo ~ari, et quandoque substantiam sulphuris in nubibus ‥ inveniri Ps.-Gros. Summa 638; anima ‥ ~at materiam secundum modum apprehensionis suae qualitati possibilem Peckham QR 86; pronomen significat substanciam compositam ex materia et forma, non tamen significat ipsam ut formata est, et ideo nec ut ~ata Bacon XV 5; substancia diffinicione ~atur in suis generibus et differenciis Wycl. Form. 177; s1461 spoliabant omnia ‥ ita quod post se nichil ‥ relinquerent, nisi grave fuerat nimium, aut tali modo ~atum, quod nulla sua arte secum asportare valerent Reg. Whet. I 398. 2 to invest or endow with new or additional quality or qualities, to alter qualitatively, to modify; b (spec.) to modify so as to render less severe or unpleasant, to moderate, mitigate (in quot. in leg. context). non peto si corpus Christi sit ibi [in the consecrated Host] visum, aut ~atum, aut rotundum ‥ Netter DAF II f. 88; circumstancie namque, ut dicunt leges, ~ant actus hominum. ~atur vero mulieris subjeccio hujus judicii censura qualitatibus amarissimis et molestis Fortescue NLN II 42; 1549 si ‥ pars rea in primo termino comparuerit, ~etur statim petitio ut inseratur apud acta Conc. Scot. II 125.  b raro aut nunquam admittitur defensio contraria confessioni ‥ quamvis confitens voluerit illam confessionem ~are vel extenuare Praxis 64 p. 81. 3 (p ppl. as adj.) endowed with the qualities appropriate to a particular office or position, qualified; b endowed with superior or exemplary moral or personal qualities, ‘of quality’. 1541 potestatem ‥ presentationes ‥ super quibusvis dignitatibus et beneficiis ‥ quibusvis personis ydoneis et ~atis ‥ factas ‥ recipiendi et admittendi Form. S. Andr. II 128; 1549 habeant ‥ unum doctorem theologum licentiatum vel baccalaureum in theologia, et similiter canonistam in jure pontificio ~atum Conc. Scot. II 100.  b 1524 licet in dicto monasterio et locis illi subditis ‥ ~atarum personarum ‥ vita exemplaris claruerit ‥ Vis. Worc. 88.