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modify (Alter), verb adapt, adjust, affect, ameliorate, amend, change, commutare, convert, correct, effect a change, emend, emendate, give a new form to, improve, improve upon, introduce changes, make adjustments, make corrections, make improvements, meliorate, modernize, mutare, overhaul, qualify, readjust, recast, reconstruct, rectify, refine, reform, remodel, remold, render in a better form, reshape, revamp, revise, rework, rewrite, touch up, transfigure, transmute, transubstantiate, vamp, vary, work over
Associated concepts: modify a contract, modify a decision, modify an order

modify (Moderate), verb abate, allay, assuage, blunt, check, condition, curb, cushion, decrease, ease, extenuate, lessen, lighten, limit, lower, make less extreme, make less intense, make less severe, mitigate, moderari, mollify, reduce, regulate, restrict, soften, subdue, temper, tone down

See also: abate, adapt, alter, amend, change, condition, convert, influence, lessen, moderate, process, qualify, reform, relax, restrict, revise, transform, treat, vary

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