modify
v.
late 14c., from Old French modifier (14c.), from Latin modificare "to limit, measure off, restrain," from modus "measure, manner" (see mode, n.1) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Modified; modifying.
〔李〕[mod;-ifyv.] v.缓和,减轻; 更改,修饰 ←mod (L modus)=manner, measure 方式,分寸