APPLY

vt to direct or address.

2. apply ·vt to visit.

3. apply ·vi to ply; to move.

4. apply ·vi to apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).

5. apply ·vt to busy; to keep at work; to ply.

6. apply ·vt to betake; to address; to refer;

— used reflexively.

7. apply ·vt to fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.

8. apply ·vt 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.

9. apply ·vi to suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.

10. apply ·vt 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.

11. apply ·vi 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.

12. apply ·vt 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.