Definition of apply

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Apply (v. t.) To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.

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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..
Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To direct or address.
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..
Resort :: Resort (v. i.) To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage..
Countermark :: Countermark (v. t.) To apply a countermark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse's teeth..
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority..
Reapply :: Reapply (v. t. & i.) To apply again.
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..
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.
Apply :: 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..
Adhibit :: Adhibit (v. t.) To use or apply; to administer.
Application :: Application (n.) The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study..
Pallet :: Pallet (n.) An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to..
Dispense :: Dispense (v. t.) To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct..
Term :: Term (n.) To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
Top-dress :: Top-dress (v. t.) To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land..
Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
Clamp :: Clamp (v. t.) To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
Employ :: Employ (v. t.) To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies..
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