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Definition of apply : 1. To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely ( to).
2. To betake; to address; to refer; - used reflexively.
3. To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
4. To direct or address.
5. To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. To ply; to move.
10. 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.
11. To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
12. To visit.

Synonyms:

take to, regard, yield, follow up, crown, bring in, put one across, relevant, resort, go, collapse, adjudge, reserve, moderate, ease up, practise, declare, go for, hand, get into, obligate, fall in, do, sacrifice, give way, book, top, feed, dedicate, take in, interrelate, present, prevail, entertain, habituate, return, applicant, turn in, fasten, demand, repair, run, generate, make, assume, withstand, blanket, kick in, hold in, wrap, put on, keep, consecrate, link, rehearse, agree, bear, utilise, contribute, affix, maintain, cave in, sue, put in, guard, pay, don, concentrate, take hold, enforce, impose, relate, nurse, used, have, move over, pertain, oblige, open, turn over, carry out, harbor, be associated with, biodata, put through, bidder, fool, obtain, admit, gain, suit, control, lay, harness, leave, bear on, take for, execute, sustain, cod, bury, application form, give, ply, restrain, go through, actuate, be bound up/together, consume, work, join, bind, throw, render, check, involve, focus, defy, coat, have got, dupe, lay on, bend, pass, defend, concern, break, lend oneself, support, go toward, carry, slang, application, try for, touch, ask, smother, deem, consent, direct, fit, wear, keep back, curb, founder, mount, chip in, halt, gull, correspond, dispense, do with, accommodate, spread on, bestow, concur, harbour, appertain, put one over, hire, buckle down, gift, grant, drill, surround, follow through, afford, concord, hold back, befool, arrest, pass on, touch on, devote, draw on, exploit, retain, pertain to, have something to do with something, commit, confine, recover, establish, hold up, buckle, collect, engage, view as, stamp, accept, follow out, impart, insulate, administer, cover, appraisal, appraise, fancy, allude to, reach, put out, contain, affirmative action, hold, turn, take, try out for, fall back on

apply (part of speech: verb)

exert, use, conduct, function, implement, employ, utilize, exercise, serve, operate, practice, effect

appeal (part of speech: verb)

beseech, appeal, implore, greet, approach, address, petition, entreat, plead, request, solicit, supplicate, beg, entice, buttonhole, accost, invite

attribute (part of speech: verb)

attribute, ascribe, connect, cite, assign, acknowledge, impute, cast, mark, place, refer, set, attach, brand, blame, accredit, credit

exert (part of speech: verb)

expend, toil, wield, labor, discharge

petition (part of speech: verb)

claim, bid, compete, hope, seek, aspire

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