apply

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. Apply thine heart unto instruction. Prov. xxiii.
4. 4.5. To direct or address. [R.] Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto. Pope.
5. 5.To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively. I applied myself to him for help. Johnson.
6. 6.To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.] She was skillful in applying his "humors." Sir P. Sidney.
7. 7.To visit. [Obs.] And he applied each place so fast. Chapman. Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry. -- Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics.
8. 8.To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
9. 9.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.
10. 10.To ply; to move. [R.] I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water. T. Moore.
11. 11.To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is apply.

• What is 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 called?
• What is to fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. Apply thine heart unto instruction. Prov. xxiii called?
• What is 5. To direct or address. [R.] Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto. Pope called?
• What is to betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively. I applied myself to him for help. Johnson called?
• What is to busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.] She was skillful in applying his "humors." Sir P. Sidney called?
• What is to visit. [Obs.] And he applied each place so fast. Chapman. Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry. -- Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics called?
• What is to suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to ply; to move. [R.] I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water. T. Moore called?
• What is to apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to) called?