modify

Etymology

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.

verb

1. (transitive) To change part of.
   Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.
2. (intransitive) To be or become modified.
3. (transitive) To set bounds to; to moderate.
4. (grammar, transitive) To qualify the meaning of.
   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[…] 1977, Linda R. Waugh, A Semantic Analysis of Word Order: Position of the Adjective in French
   Adjectives modify nouns. 2016, Allen Ascher, The New Harbrace Guide: Genres for Composing