Definition of apply

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Apply (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..

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Administer :: Administer (v. t.) To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc..
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal..
Bestow :: Bestow (v. t.) To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation..
Fumigate :: Fumigate (n.) To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors..
Assay :: Assay (v.) To try; to attempt; to apply.
Manure :: Manure (v. t.) To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance..
Addict :: Addict (v. t.) To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.
Embezzle :: Embezzle (v. t.) To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust..
Doctor :: Doctor (v. t.) To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart..
Docimacy :: Docimacy (n.) The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology..
Applicative :: Applicative (a.) Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.
Antinomy :: Antinomy (n.) A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience..
Self-applying :: Self-applying (a.) Applying to or by one's self.
Apply :: Apply (v. i.) To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
Doctrinaire :: Doctrinaire (n.) One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions..
Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline..
Entend :: Entend (v. i.) To attend to; to apply one's self to.
Dentilingual :: Dentilingual (a.) Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed.
Try :: Try (v. t.) To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions..
Husband :: Husband (v. t.) To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy..
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