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   Apply , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Applying.] [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to join, fix, or attach to; ad + plicare to fold, to twist together. See Applicant, Ply.]
   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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   He said, and the sword his throat applied.
   Dryden.
   
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   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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   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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   Yet God at last
   To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied.
   Milton.
   
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   To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
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   Apply thine heart unto instruction.
   Prov. xxiii. 12.
   
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   To direct or address. [R.]
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   Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto.
   Pope.
   
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   To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
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   I applied myself to him for help.
   Johnson.
   
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   To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.]
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   She was skillful in applying his “humors.”
   Sir P. Sidney.
   
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   To visit. [Obs.]
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   And he applied each place so fast.
   Chapman.
   
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   Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry. -- Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics.
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   Apply, v. i.
   To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
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   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.
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   To ply; to move. [R.]
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   I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water.
   T. Moore.
   
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   To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
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