APPLY

apply

(verb) ask (for something); “He applied for a leave of absence”; “She applied for college”; “apply for a job”

apply

(verb) refer (a word or name) to a person or thing; “He applied this racial slur to me!”

use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ

(verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; “use your head!”; “we only use Spanish at home”; “I can’t use this tool”; “Apply a magnetic field here”; “This thinking was applied to many projects”; “How do you utilize this tool?”; “I apply this rule to get good results”; “use the plastic bags to store the food”; “He doesn’t know how to use a computer”

enforce, implement, apply

(verb) ensure observance of laws and rules; “Apply the rules to everyone”

practice, apply, use

(verb) avail oneself to; “apply a principle”; “practice a religion”; “use care when going down the stairs”; “use your common sense”; “practice non-violent resistance”

apply

(verb) apply oneself to; “Please apply yourself to your homework”

apply, hold, go for

(verb) be pertinent or relevant or applicable; “The same laws apply to you!”; “This theory holds for all irrational numbers”; “The same rules go for everyone”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

apply (third-person singular simple present applies, present participle applying, simple past and past participle applied)

(transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)

(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case

Synonyms: appropriate, devote, use

(transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative

(transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention

Synonyms: attach, incline

(transitive) To to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.

(intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).

(intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.

(obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.

(obsolete) To visit.

Etymology 2

Adjective

apply (comparative more apply, superlative most apply)

Alternative spelling of appley

Anagrams

• lappy

Source: Wiktionary

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Ap*ply", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applied; p. pr. & vb. n. Applying.] Etym: [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to join, fix, or attach to; ad + plicare to fold, to twist together. See Applicant, Ply.]

1. 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. He said, and the sword his throat applied. Dryden.

2. 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.

3. 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. Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied. Milton.

4. To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. Apply thine heart unto instruction. Prov. xxiii. 12.

5. To direct or address. [R.] Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto. Pope.

6. To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively. I applied myself to him for help. Johnson.

7. To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.] She was skillful in applying his "humors." Sir P. Sidney.

8. To visit. [Obs.] And he applied each place so fast. Chapman. Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry.

– Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics.

Ap*ply", v. i.

1. To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.

2. 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.

3. To ply; to move. [R.] I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water. T. Moore.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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