modify
verb (used with object)
to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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SpaceX spokesman John Taylor said in a statement that the company has qualified its engines to be “robust to turbine wheel cracks,” but will be modifying the design to “avoid them all together.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2017