Crossword-Solution: APPLY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Apply | v. t. | 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. |
| Apply | v. t. | 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. |
| Apply | v. t. | 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. |
| Apply | v. t. | To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. |
| Apply | v. t. | To direct or address. |
| Apply | v. t. | To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively. |
| Apply | v. t. | To busy; to keep at work; to ply. |
| Apply | v. t. | To visit. |
| Apply | v. i. | To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case. |
| Apply | v. i. | 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. |
| Apply | v. i. | To ply; to move. |
| Apply | v. i. | To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to). |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERTAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with APPLY (5)
The Birds thir quire apply; aires, vernal aires, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while Universal _Pan_ Knit with the _Graces_ and the _Hours_ in dance Led on th’ Eternal Spring.
What I have said respecting and against religion, I mean strictly to apply to the _slaveholding religion_ of this land, and with no possible reference to Christianity proper; for, between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference—so wide, that to receive the one as good, pure, and holy, is of necessity to reject the other as bad, corrupt, and wicked.
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The pattern here, as with other hackish grammatical quirks, is generalization of an inflectional rule that in English is either an import or a fossil (such as the Hebrew plural ending `-im', or the Anglo-Saxon plural suffix `-en') to cases where it isn't normally considered to apply.
Not to know that no space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused! Yet such was I! Oh! such was I!" "But you were always a good man of business, Jacob," faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself.
Quotes with APPLY (3)
Ownership is not limited to material things. It can also apply to points of view. Once we take ownership of an idea — whether it’s about politics or sports — what do we do? We love it perhaps more than we should. We prize it more than it is worth. And most frequently, we have trouble letting go of it because we can’t stand the idea of its loss. What are we left with then? An ideology — rigid and unyielding.
In what you say of another, apply the test of kindness, necessity and truth, and let nothing pass your lips without a 2/3 majority.
If we take the position that an assessment that veganism is morally preferable to vegetarianism is not possible because we are all “on our own journey,” then moral assessment becomes completely impossible or is speciesist. It is impossible because if we are all “on our own journey,” then there is nothing to say to the racist, sexist, anti-semite, homophobe, etc. If we say that those forms of discrimination are morally bad, but, with respect to animals, we are all “on our own …
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 91 times in crossword archives (1966–2025).