English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Applotting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Applot
Apply
(v. t.)
To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
Apply
(v. t.)
To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
Apply
(v. t.)
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.
Apply
(v. t.)
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.
Apply
(v. i.)
To apply or address one's self; to give application; to
attend closely (to).
Apply
(v. t.)
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.
Apply
(v. i.)
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.
Apply
(v. i.)
To ply; to move.
Apply
(v. t.)
To visit.
Apply
(v. i.)
To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or
analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
Apply
(v. t.)
To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with
attention; to attach; to incline.
Apply
(v. t.)
To direct or address.
Applying
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Apply
Appoggiatura
(n.)
A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and
borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace
note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the
same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in
the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.
Appoint
(v. t.)
To furnish in all points; to provide with everything
necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
Appoint
(v. t.)
To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or
commendation; to arraign.
Appoint
(v. t.)
To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new
disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said
of an estate already conveyed.
Appoint
(v. i.)
To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
Appoint
(v. t.)
To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.