Apply

imp. & p. p. Applied; p. pr. & vb. n. Applying

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.

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.

4. To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.

   Apply thine heart unto instruction.

5. To direct or address. [R.]

   Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto.

6. To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.

   I applied myself to him for help.

7. To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.]

   She was skillful in applying his “humors.”

8. To visit. [Obs.]

   And he applied each place so fast.

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.

4. To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).