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(obsolete, philosophy) The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being. quotations
Pleasure is the business of woman's life, according to the present modification of society […]
1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, 1st American edition, Boston, Mass.: […] Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, […], published 1792
(linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm) examples
The result of modifying something; a new or changed form. examples
The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. examples
(biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
(linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language examples