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Definition of Application
Ap`pli`ca´tion | n. | 1. | The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb. | | 2. | The thing applied. | | 3. | The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use. | | 4. | The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory. | | 5. | That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable. | | 6. | The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application. | | 7. | The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study. | | 8. | The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery. | | 9. | A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file. |
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