Apply
Apply ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Old French aplier, French appliquer, from Latin 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.
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.
4.
To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
Apply thine heart unto instruction.
5.
To direct or address. [Rare]
Sacred vows... applied to grisly Pluto.
6.
To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
I applied myself to him for help.
7.
To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obsolete]
She was skillful in applying his “humors.”
8.
To visit. [Obsolete]
And he applied each place so fast.
Collocations (2)
Applied chemistry , See under Chemistry.
Applied mathematics , See under Mathematics.
Apply , intransitive verb
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. [Rare]
I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water.
4.
To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).