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apply
v. t. [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. ()
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. ()
She was skillful in applying his humors. (Sir P. Sidney.)
8. To visit. ()
And he applied each place so fast. (Chapman.)
Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry. -- Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics. ()
v. i. 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. ()
I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water. (T. Moore.)
4. To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to). ()
n. [It., fr. appogiarre to lean, to rest; ap- (L. ad) + poggiare to mount, ascend, poggio hill, fr. L. podium an elevated place.] (Mus.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony. ()


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