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Word: apply (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • intransitive To submit oneself as a candidate for.
  • transitive To betake; to address; to refer;—used reflexively.
  • transitive To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
  • transitive 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.
  • transitive 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.
  • transitive To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
  • transitive 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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