Part 155

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To clothe or array; to dress.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Tecla . . . <b>addressed</b> herself in man's apparel. <i>Jewel.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To direct, as words (<i>to</i> any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (<i>to</i> any one, an audience).</def>

<blockquote>The young hero had <b>addressed</b> his players to him for his assistance. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost.</def>

<blockquote>Are not your orders to <b>address</b> the senate? <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The representatives of the nation <b>addressed</b> the king. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; <as>as, he <ex>addressed</ex> a letter</as>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; <as>as, the ship was <ex>addressed</ex> to a merchant in Baltimore</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To address one's self to</col>. <cd><sd>(a)</sd> To prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to. <sd>(b)</sd> To direct one's speech or discourse to.</cd></cs>

<h1>Address</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*dress"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To prepare one's self.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Let us <i>address</i> to tend on Hector's heels."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To direct speech.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Young Turnus to the beauteous maid <b>addrest</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The intransitive uses come from the dropping out of the reflexive pronoun.</note>

<h1>Address</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*dress</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>adresse</ets>. See <er>Address</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Act of preparing one's self.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jer Taylor.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; <as>as, an <ex>address</ex> of thanks, an <ex>address</ex> to the voters</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Manner of speaking to another; delivery; <as>as, a man of pleasing or insinuating <ex>address</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Attention in the way one's <i>addresses</i> to a lady.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.</def>