APPLY

apply. Apply, v.t. to put to certain use, study, attend

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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 5. To direct or address.
Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto. Pope. 6. 6. To betake; to address; to refer; — used reflexively.
I applied myself to him for help. Johnson. 7. 7. To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
She was skillful in applying his “humors.” Sir P. Sidney. 8. 8. To visit.
And he applied each place so fast. Chapman. Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry. — Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics.