Definition of apply

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Apply (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..

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Term :: Term (n.) To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
Slasher :: Slasher (n.) A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
Pectoriloquy :: Pectoriloquy (n.) The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice, heard on applying the ear to the chest in auscultation. It usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural cavity..
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..
Misapplying :: Misapplying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misappl.
Adhibit :: Adhibit (v. t.) To use or apply; to administer.
Consult :: Consult (v. t.) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision.
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..
Application :: Application (n.) The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb..
Top-dressing :: Top-dressing (n.) The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied..
Resort :: Resort (v. i.) To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage..
Stopple :: Stopping-out (n.) A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts..
Iatromathematician :: Iatromathematician (n.) One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists..
Egophony :: Egophony (n.) The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion..
Theologize :: Theologize (v. t.) To render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology.
Manuring :: Manuring (n.) The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure applied..
Bestow :: Bestow (v. t.) To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation..
Accommodate :: Accommodate (v. t.) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events..
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