Apply
[ə'plaɪ]
Definition
(verb.) ask (for something); 'He applied for a leave of absence'; 'She applied for college'; 'apply for a job'.
(verb.) refer (a word or name) to a person or thing; 'He applied this racial slur to me!'.
(verb.) apply oneself to; 'Please apply yourself to your homework'.
(verb.) be pertinent or relevant or applicable; 'The same laws apply to you!'; 'This theory holds for all irrational numbers'; 'The same rules go for everyone'.
Inputed by Alisa--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To ply; to move.
(v. i.) To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
Typist: Yvette
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Lay upon, put or place upon.[2]. Appropriate, use, employ, exercise, ply, convert to use, put to use.[3]. Disperse, execute, carry out, put in practice.[4]. Devote, dedicate, addict, direct, engage, turn attentively, bend with diligence.
Editor: Lora
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Adduce, use, employ, allot, dedicate, devote, exercise, apportion, direct,engage
ANT:Disuse, divorce, discard, supersede, alienate, remove, misapply, misdirect,divert, misappropriate, misemploy
Typist: Weldon
Examples
- Difficulties arise when we try to apply this wisdom in the present. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But Huygens, the great Dutch scientist, about 1556 was the first to explain the principles and properties of the pendulum as a time measurer and to apply it most successfully to clocks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He knew of no one but Mrs. Goddard to whom he could apply for information of her relations or friends. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The fact is the constitution did not apply to any such contingency as the one existing from 1861 to 1865. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The same remark will apply also in the case of General Canby. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A person just either will or will not apply himself to the matter in hand. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Instead of applying the test of human need, they apply a verbal and logical consistency. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As I read, however, I applied much personally to my own feelings and condition. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- As Mrs. Bardell said this, she applied her handkerchief to her eyes, and went out of the room to get the receipt. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We have applied this test to three general aims: Development according to nature, social efficiency, and culture or personal mental enrichment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Go to Mr. Moore, ask Mr. Moore, was her answer when applied to for orders. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr. Luffey retired a few paces behind the wicket of the passive Podder, and applied the ball to his right eye for several seconds. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Have you applied to his lordship on that subject? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- However, in 1657 Christian Huygens applied the pendulu m to weight clocks of the old stamp. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- For the most part, this also applies to the garment trade and its closely allied clothing industries. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- What I have said as to the temporary preservation of fish by fishmongers applies equally to the preservation of meat and fowls by butchers and poulterers. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The old adage that all is fair in love and war applies to this new weapon of destruction as to every warlike instrument. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If we take something which seems to be at the opposite pole, like poetry, the same sort of statement applies. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But I cannot see how that applies to a couple of boys playing together. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The rule applies very strongly in the case of secondary sexual characters, when displayed in any unusual manner. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- An analogous interpretation applies to the generality and ultimateness of philosophy. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- George remained four years at a French university, and, applying himself with an unintermitted zeal, obtained a very thorough education. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Inasmuch as the nitrogen of liquid air evaporates first, and leaves nearly pure liquid oxygen, it may also be employed as a means for producing and applying oxygen. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was a wonderful experience to have problems given me out of the intuitions of a great mind, based on enormous experience in practical work, and applying to new lines of progress. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Instead of applying the test of human need, they apply a verbal and logical consistency. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In a lantern, miss,' cried Brittles, applying one hand to the side of his mouth, so that his voice might travel the better. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Myths must be judged as instruments for acting upon present conditions; all discussion about the manner of applying them concretely to the course of history is senseless. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The common one is by applying extraneous heat, as under a tea kettle, in which case the evaporated vapor is hot by virtue of the heat absorbed from the fire. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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