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Capability of being modified; state or quality of being modifiable.

Capable of being modified; liable to modification.

Modifiable. [Obs.]

To qualify. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications of light. Bentley.

That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.

Tending or serving to modify; modifying. Max Müller.

One who, or that which, modifies. Hume.

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.

The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.

Shaped like a bushel measure.

The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.

According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast. Dryden. "Modish forms of address." Barrow. -- Mod"ish*ly, adv. -- Mod"ish*ness, n.

One who follows the fashion.

specially of the fashionable dress of ladies; a woman who gives direction to the style or mode of dress.

A dry measure, containing about a peck.

A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting Northern California. They are nearly extinct.

Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.

To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking. Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive so many Broome.

The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.