modifies Definition

modify
verb modifies, modified, modifying

1. To change the form or quality of something, usually only slightly.

Thesaurus: alter, change, vary, transform, adapt, adjust, convert, revise, remodel.
2. grammar.
To act as a modifier of (a word).
3. To moderate.

Thesaurus: moderate, temper, mitigate, curb, allay, lessen, reduce, restrict, tone down.

Derivative: modifiable
adj

Derivative: modification

The act of modifying or state of being modified.

A change of form or condition; something that has been modified.
Example: a few modifications to the original plan
Thesaurus: adjustment, alteration, change, modulation, revision, variation, refinement.

Etymology: 14c: from French modifier, from Latin modificare.