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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ply  \Ply\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Plied};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Plying}.]  [OE.  plien,  F.  plier  to  fold,  to  bend,  fr  L. 
  plicare  akin  to  Gr  ?,  G.  flechten  Cf  {Apply},  {Complex}, 
  {Display},  {Duplicity},  {Employ},  {Exploit},  {Implicate}, 
  {Plait},  {Pliant},  {Flax}.] 
  1.  To  bend.  [Obs.] 
 
  As  men  may  warm  wax  with  handes  plie.  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  To  lay  on  closely,  or  in  folds;  to  work  upon  steadily,  or 
  with  repeated  acts  to  press  upon  to  urge  importunately; 
  as  to  ply  one  with  questions,  with  solicitations,  or  with 
  drink. 
 
  And  plies  him  with  redoubled  strokes  --Dryden. 
 
  He  plies  the  duke  at  morning  and  at  night.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  employ  diligently;  to  use  steadily. 
 
  Go  ply  thy  needle;  meddle  not  --Shak. 
 
  4.  To  practice  or  perform  with  diligence;  to  work  at 
 
  Their  bloody  task,  unwearied,  still  they  ply. 
  --Waller.




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