Definition of apply

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Apply (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..

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Master :: Master (v. t.) To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science..
Recapper :: Recapper (n.) A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.
Foment :: Foment (v. t.) To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
Starched :: Star-chamber (n.) An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641..
Appliance :: Appliance (n.) The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience.
Reclination :: Reclination (n.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one..
Address :: Address (v.) Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
Use :: Use (v. t.) The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use..
Reentering :: Reentering (n.) The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored..
Carbolize :: Carbolize (v. t.) To apply carbolic acid to; to wash or treat with carbolic acid.
Adhibit :: Adhibit (v. t.) To use or apply; to administer.
Armature :: Armature (n.) A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force..
Minister :: Minister (n.) To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
Glase :: Glase (v. t.) To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect..
Paint :: Paint (v. t.) To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc..
Handcuff :: Handcuff (v. t.) To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.
Treat :: Treat (v. t.) To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid..
Addict :: Addict (v. t.) To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.
Limit :: Limit (v. t.) To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word..
Apply :: Apply (v. i.) To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
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