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Definition of APPLY

Apply
Apply Ap*ply", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applied; p. pr. & vb. n. Applying.] [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. 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. --Dryden. 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. --Milton. 4. To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. Apply thine heart unto instruction. --Prov. xxiii. 12. 5. To direct or address. [R.] Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto. --Pope. 6. To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively. I applied myself to him for help. --Johnson. 7. To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.] She was skillful in applying his ``humors.' --Sir P. Sidney. 8. To visit. [Obs.] And he applied each place so fast. --Chapman. Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry. Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics.

Meaning of APPLY from wikipedia

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