Apply
- v. i. To apply or address one’s self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
- 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.
- v. t. 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.
- v. t. 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.
- v. t. To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
- v. t. To direct or address.
- v. t. To betake; to address; to refer; — used reflexively.
- v. t. To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
- v. t. To visit.
- v. i. To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
- 1v. i. 1 To apply or address one’s self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
- 1v. t. 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.
The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.