applied

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles“applied physics”“applied psychology”“technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied disciplines — Sidney Hook”

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Apply \Ap*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applied; p. pr. & vb. n. Applying.] [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to join, fix, or attach to; ad + plicare to fold, to twist together. See Applicant, Ply.]

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. [1913 Webster]

He said, and the sword his throat applied.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

4.To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. [1913 Webster]

Apply thine heart unto instruction.— Prov. xxiii. 12.[1913 Webster]

5.To direct or address. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

6.To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively. [1913 Webster]

I applied myself to him for help.— Johnson.[1913 Webster]

7.To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

She was skillful in applying his "humors."— Sir P. Sidney.[1913 Webster]

8.To visit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

And he applied each place so fast.— Chapman.[1913 Webster]

Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry.

Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics. [1913 Webster]