Apply word meaning and definition

[verb] ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"
[verb] refer (a word or name) to a person or thing; "He applied this racial slur to me!"
[verb] put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't make use of 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"
[verb] apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"
[verb] give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"
[verb] ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone";
[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"
[verb] apply oneself to; "Please apply yourself to your homework"
[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"
[verb] be applicable to; as to an analysis; "This theory lends itself well to our new data"

\Ap*ply"\, 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}.] 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).

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