qualify

1. (now rare) To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable.Examples: "he balmes and herbes thereto applyde, / And euermore with mighty spels them charmd, / That in short space he has them qualifyde, / And him restor'd to health, that would haue algates dyde."archaic

2. (juggling) To throw and catch each object at least twice.Examples: "to qualify seven balls you need at least fourteen catches"