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  • English Word Applier Definition He who, or that which, applies.
  • English Word Appliment Definition Application.
  • English Word Applique Definition Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, applique lace; applique work.
  • English Word Applot Definition To divide into plots or parts; to apportion.
  • English Word Applotment Definition Apportionment.
  • English Word Applotted Definition of Applot
  • English Word Applotting Definition of Applot
  • English Word Apply Definition 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.
  • English Word Apply Definition 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.
  • English Word Apply Definition 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.
  • English Word Apply Definition To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
  • English Word Apply Definition To direct or address.
  • English Word Apply Definition To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
  • English Word Apply Definition To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
  • English Word Apply Definition To visit.
  • English Word Apply Definition To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
  • English Word Apply Definition 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.
  • English Word Apply Definition To ply; to move.
  • English Word Apply Definition To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
  • English Word Applying Definition of Apply
  • English Word Appoggiatura Definition 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.
  • English Word Appoint Definition To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
  • English Word Appoint Definition To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.
  • English Word Appoint Definition To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
  • English Word Appoint Definition To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
  • English Word Appoint Definition To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign.
  • English Word Appoint Definition 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.
  • English Word Appoint Definition To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
  • English Word Appointable Definition Capable of being appointed or constituted.
  • English Word Appointed Definition of Appoint