Prove capable or fit; meet requirements.

synonym: measure up.

Roget 536: deny; contradict, contravene; controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head.    disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow; recant etc. 607; revoke etc. (abrogate) 756.    dispute; impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon; bring in question, call in question etc. (doubt) 485; give the lie in his throat, give one the lie in his throat.    deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny entirely; give the lie to, belie.    repudiate etc. 610; set aside, ignore etc. 460; rebut etc. (confute) 479; qualify etc. 469; refuse etc. 764.    recuse [Law].    ... show more

Roget 537: teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor; cram, prime, coach; enlighten etc. (inform) 527.    inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft^†, infiltrate; imbue, impregnate, implant; graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate.    given an idea of; put up to, put in the way of; set right.    sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind; give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot" [Thomson]; improve etc. 658.    expound etc. (interpret) 522; lecture; read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse; incept^†; hold forth, preach; sermonize, moralize; point a moral.    train, discipline; bring up, bring up to; form, ground, prepare, qualify; drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse^†, breed, rear, take in hand; break, break in; tame; preinstruct^†; initiate; inure etc. (habituate) 613.    put to nurse, send to school.    direct, guide; direct attention to etc. (attention) 457; impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory; beat into, beat into the head; convince etc. (belief) 484.    [instructional materials] book, workbook, exercise book.    [unnecessary teaching] preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs; preach to the converted.    ... show more

Pronounce fit or able.

Dutch: klasseren, kwalificeren, plaatsen

Make more specific.

Make fit or prepared.

synonym: dispose.

Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement.

synonyms: condition, specify, stipulate.

Dutch: garanderen, specificeren, bedingen, conditioneren, stipuleren

Describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of.

synonyms: characterise, characterize.

Add a modifier to a constituent.

synonym: modify.

Roget 469: qualify, limit, modify, leaven, give a color to, introduce new conditions, narrow, temper.    waffle, quibble, hem and haw (be uncertain) 475; equivocate (sophistry) 477.    depend, depend on, be contingent on (effect) 154.    allow for, make allowance for; admit exceptions, take into account; modulate.    moderate, temper, season, leaven.    take exception.    ... show more

Roget 140: change, alter, vary, wax and wane; modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with; turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert^†; pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume.    work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce; transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume^†; metamorphose, ring the changes.    innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards; give a turn to, give a color to; influence, turn the scale; shift the scene, turn over a new leaf.    recast etc. 146; reverse etc. 218; disturb etc. 61; convert into etc. 144.    ... show more