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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apply \Ap*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Applied}; p. pr & vb n. {Applying}.] [OF. aplier F. appliquer fr L. applicare to join fix, or attach to ad + plicare to fold, to twist together. See {Applicant}, {Ply}.] 1. To lay or place to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to as to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. He said and the sword his throat applied. --Dryden. 2. To put to use to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as to apply money to the payment of a debt. 3. To make use of declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person. Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied. --Milton. 4. To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. Apply thine heart unto instruction. --Prov. xxiii. 12. 5. To direct or address. [R.] Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto. --Pope. 6. To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively. I applied myself to him for help. --Johnson. 7. To busy; to keep at work to ply. [Obs.] She was skillful in applying his ``humors.'' --Sir P. Sidney. 8. To visit. [Obs.] And he applied each place so fast --Chapman. {Applied chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}. {Applied mathematics}. See under {Mathematics}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apply \Ap*ply"\, v. i. 1. To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as this argument applies well to the case. 2. To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something to make application. (to); to solicit; as to apply to a friend for information. 3. To ply; to move [R.] I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water. --T. Moore. 4. To apply or address one's self to give application; to attend closely (to). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: apply v 1: put into service; make work make use of of employ for a particular purpose: "use your head!" "I can't make use of this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results" [syn: {use}, {utilize}, {utilise}, {employ}] 2: be pertinent or relevant or applicable; "The same laws apply to you!" "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone" [syn: {hold}, {go for}] 3: make use of "implement a procedure" [syn: {implement}, {utilize}] 4: ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job" 5: apply to a surface: "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!" [syn: {put on}] 6: be applicable to as to an analysis; "This theory lends itself well to our new data" [syn: {lend oneself}] [ant: {defy}] 7: give or convey physically: "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose" [syn: {give}] 8: avail oneself to "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs" [syn: {practice}, {use}] 9: ensure observance of laws and rules "Apply the rules to everyone"; [syn: {enforce}, {implement}] [ant: {exempt}] 10: refer (a word or name) to a person or thing "He applied this racial slur to me!" 11: apply oneself to "Please apply yourself to your homework"
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