Apply

English

Verb

Apply (third-person singular simple present applies, present participle Applying, simple past and past participle applied)

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

Adjective

Apply (comparative more Apply, superlative most Apply)

Alternative spelling of appley.

Adverbs for Apply

assiduously; indiscriminately; skilfully; tenderly; faithfully; diligently; ingeniously;luxuriously; extensively; incorrectly; dexterously; arbitrarily; consciously; comprehensively; advantageously; artificially; rigorously; directly; usefully; necessarily;promiscuously; adroitly; perfunctorily; professionally; ceaselessly; systematically; admirably; literally; liberally; scientifically;practically; universally.

Thesaurus

accouter; accredit; address; administer; affix; allot; ally; appeal; appertain; apply for; apply to; appoint; appropriate; ascribe; ask; ask for; assign; associate; attach; attend; attribute; audition; authorize; bear; beg; beg leave; bend; beseech; bespeak; bestow; bid; bind; blanket; block; bracket; buckle down; call for; call on; call upon; canopy; carry out; cement; circulate a petition; cloak; clothe; cloud; commission; commit; concentrate; connect; cope; correlate; couple; cover; cover up; cowl; crave; credit; curtain; dedicate; demand; desire; devote; direct; do; dose; dose with; draw a parallel; dress up; drudge; eclipse; embellish; embrocate; employ; enforce; enforce upon; enrich; entreat; equate; equip; exercise; exploit; fasten; file for; film; finger; fit out; fix; focus; force; force upon; furbish; garnish; gear; give; glue; go; go after; grind; handle; hood; identify; implore; importune; impute; indent; interrelate; interview; lay on; lay over; link; make; make a request; make a requisition; make application; mantle; mask; memorialize; mete out to; muffle; name; nominate; obduce; obscure; occult; order; outfit; overlay; overspread; parallel; parallelize; pay attention; pertain; petition; place; pray; prefer a petition; prescribe for; press; put; put in; put in for; put in force; put in practice; put into execution; put on; put to use; put upon; recur; refer; register; relate; relativize; repair; request; requisition; rig; rub in; rub on; run; screen; scum; seek; set about; set off; shield; sign a petition; solicit; spread over; spruce up; stick; sue; suit; superimpose; superpose; supplicate; take on; tap; tend; throw; tie; toil; try out; turn; turn out; undertake; urge; use; utilize; veil; wed; whistle for; wish

Etymology 1

From Old French aplier, (French appliquer), from Latin applicō (“join, fix, or attach to”); from ad + plicō (“fold, twist together”). See applicant, ply.