- qualify⇄adv. qualifyingly.
- qualify⇄qualify, verb, -fied,-fying.
- qualify⇄v.i. 1. to become fit; show oneself fit.
Ex. Can you qualify for the Boy Scouts?
2. to become legally capable.
Ex. to qualify as a voter.
3. to gain the right to compete in a race, contest, or tournament. - qualify⇄v.t. 1. to make fit or competent.
Ex. Can you qualify yourself for the job?
(SYN) prepare, equip.
2. to furnish with legal power; make legally capable.
Ex. No one but a landholder was qualified to be elected into that body (Geor