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third-person singular simple present modifies, present participle modifying, simple past and past participle modified
(transitive) To change part of. examples
(intransitive) To be or become modified. examples
(transitive) To set bounds to; to moderate. examples
(grammar, transitive) To qualify the meaning of. quotations examples
There is inherently no ordering to the modification and no hierarchy of modification: that is, both adjectives modify the substantive and both apply equally to the substantive […]
1977, Linda R. Waugh, A Semantic Analysis of Word Order: Position of the Adjective in French
Adjectives modify nouns.
2016, Allen Ascher, The New Harbrace Guide: Genres for Composing