Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Qualified \Qual"i*fied\, a.
   1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.

   2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.

   {Qualified fee} (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a
      qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the
      qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of
      the manor of Dale.

   {Qualified indorsement} (Law), an indorsement which modifies
      the liability of the indorser that would result from the
      general principles of law, but does not affect the
      negotiability of the instrument. --Story.

   {Qualified negative} (Legislation), a limited veto power, by
      which the chief executive in a constitutional government
      may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body,
      which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a
      reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a
      certain majority specified in the constitution, when they
      become laws without the approval of the executive.

   {Qualified property} (Law), that which depends on temporary
      possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in
      the case of a bailment.

   Syn: Competent; fit; adapted.

   Usage: {Qualified}, {Competent}. Competent is most commonly
          used with respect to native endowments and general
          ability suited to the performance of a task or duty;
          qualified with respect to specific acquirements and
          training.

Qualify \Qual"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Qualified}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Qualifying}.] [F. qualifier, LL. qualificare, fr. L.
   qualis how constituted, as + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See
   {Quality}, and {-Fy}.]
   1. To make such as is required; to give added or requisite
      qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation,
      or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or
      other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make
      capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with
      legal power or capacity.

            He had qualified himself for municipal office by
            taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession.
                                                  --Macaulay.

   2. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to
      regulate.

            It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. --Sir
                                                  T. Browne.

   3. To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive
      form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to
      limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a
      statement, claim, or proposition.

   4. Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to
      reduce the strength of, as liquors.

            I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, But
            qualify the fire's extreme rage.      --Shak.

   5. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.]

            In short space he has them qualified. --Spenser.

   Syn: To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable;
        modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper.

Source : WordNet®

qualified
     adj 1: meeting the proper standards and requirements and training
            for an office or position or task; "many qualified
            applicants for the job" [ant: {unqualified}]
     2: limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified
        approval" [ant: {unqualified}]
     3: holding appropriate documentation and officially on record
        as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a
        specified skill; "a registered pharmacist"; "a registered
        hospital" [syn: {certified}]
     4: restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') [syn:
         {restricted}]
     5: having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable
        proportions; especially made less severe; "justice
        moderated with mercy" [syn: {moderated}]
     6: contingent on something else [syn: {dependent}, {dependant}]
     7: legally qualified; "a competent witness"

qualify
     v 1: prove capable or fit; meet requirements [syn: {measure up}]
     2: pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the
        marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the
        injections" [ant: {disqualify}]
     3: make more specific; "qualify these remarks" [syn: {restrict}]
     4: make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this
        job" [syn: {dispose}] [ant: {disqualify}]
     5: specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or
        agreement; make an express demand or provision in an
        agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the
        house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates
        the dates of the payments" [syn: {stipulate}, {condition},
         {specify}]
     6: describe or portray the character or the qualities or
        peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as
        that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a
        lament for a dead lover" [syn: {characterize}, {characterise}]
     7: add a modifier to a constituent [syn: {modify}]
     [also: {qualified}]

qualified
     See {qualify}