(verb) : mŏdĭfĭco, āre, 1, and
* A. [modusfacio].
* Neutr., to limit, set limits to: alicui in aliquā re intercedere aut modificare,Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 3 Mai.
* Act., to control, regulate: vitalis motus,Aug. de Music. 6, 17, 58.—Pass. reflex., to observe due measure, keep within bounds, to be moderate: modificari in sumptibus,App. Doctr. Plat. p. 18, 37.—Class. only in part. perf. mŏdĭfĭcātus, a, um, measured off, measured: verba modificata,Cic. Part. Or. 5, 17: membra modificata,id. de Or. 3, 48, 186: corpora ... modificata utriusque rei participatione,App. de Deo Socr. p. 47, 7.
* Melodious: luseiniarum querelae,Sid. Ep. 9, 2.

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