Apply

Definition of Apply

Ap`ply´

v. t.

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.

[imp. & p. p. Applied ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Applying.]

He said, and the sword his throat applied.

- Dryden.

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.

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.

To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.

Apply thine heart unto instruction.

- Prov. xxiii. 12.

To direct or address.

Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto.

- Pope.

To betake; to address; to refer; - used reflexively.

I applied myself to him for help.

- Johnson.

To busy; to keep at work; to ply.

She was skillful in applying his "humors."

- Sir P. Sidney.

To visit.

And he applied each place so fast.

- Chapman.

Applied chemistry
See under Chemistry.

Applied mathematics
See under Mathematics.

v. i.

To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.

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.

To ply; to move.

I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water.

- T. Moore.

To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).

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