Part 565

<h1>Applicancy</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap"pli*can*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being applicable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Applicant</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap"pli*cant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>applicans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>applicare</ets>. See <er>Apply</er>.]</ety> <def>One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>applicant</b> for a cup of water. <i>Plumtre.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The court require the <b>applicant</b> to appear in person. <i>Z. Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Applicate</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap"pli*cate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>applicatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>applicare</ets>. See <er>Apply</er>.]</ety> <def>Applied or put to some use.</def>

<blockquote>Those <b>applicate</b> sciences which extend the power of man over the elements. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Applicate number</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>one which applied to some concrete case.</cd> -- <col>Applicate ordinate</col>, <cd>right line applied at right angles to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve.</cd></cs>

<h1>Applicate</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap"pli*cate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To apply.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The act of faith is <b>applicated</b> to the object. <i>Bp. Pearson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Application</h1> <Xpage=72>

<hw>Ap`pli*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>applicatio</ets>, fr. <ets>applicare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>application</ets>. See <er>Apply</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; <as>as, the <ex>application</ex> of emollients to a diseased limb</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The thing applied.</def>

<blockquote>He invented a new <b>application</b> by which blood might be stanched. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.</def>

<blockquote>If a right course . . . be taken with children, there will not be much need of the <b>application</b> of the common rewards and punishments. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; <as>as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the <ex>application</ex>; the <ex>application</ex> of a theory.</as></def>

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<p><b>5.</b> <def>Hence, in specific uses: <sd>(a)</sd> That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable. <sd>(b)</sd> The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; <as>as, the <ex>application</ex> of algebra to geometry</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; <as>as, a rule of general <ex>application</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; <as>as, to injure the health by <ex>application</ex> to study</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Had his <b>application</b> been equal to his talents, his progress night have been greater. <i>J. Jay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>The act of making request of soliciting; <as>as, an <ex>application</ex> for an office; he made <ex>application</ex> to a court of chancery.</as></def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>A request; a document containing a request; <as>as, his <ex>application</ex> was placed on file</as>.</def>

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