a. [ See Apply. ] Applicable; also, compliant. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of applying; application. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. subservience; compliance. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Specifically: An apparatus or device, usually powered electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions. An appliance is often categorized as a major appliance or a minor appliance by its cost. Common major appliances are the refrigerator, washing machine, clothes drier, oven, and dishwasher. Some minor appliances are a toaster, vacuum cleaner or microwave oven. [ PJC ]

n. The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. aplicable, fr. L. applicare. See Apply. ] Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being applicable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. applicans, p. pr. of applicare. See Apply. ] One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner. [ 1913 Webster ]

The applicant for a cup of water. Plumtre. [ 1913 Webster ]

The court require the applicant to appear in person. Z. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. applicatus, p. p. of applicare. See Apply. ] Applied or put to some use. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over the elements. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Applicate number (Math.), one which applied to some concrete case. --
Applicate ordinate, right line applied at right angles to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To apply. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The act of faith is applicated to the object. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. applicatio, fr. applicare: cf. F. application. See Apply. ] 1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The thing applied. [ 1913 Webster ]

He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use. [ 1913 Webster ]

If a right course . . . be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Hence, in specific uses: (a) 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. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress might have been greater. J. Jay. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. applicatif, fr. L. applicare. See Apply. ] Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

adv. By way of application. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the property of applying; applicative; practical. -- n. That which applies. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By application. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. He who, or that which, applies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Application. [ Obs. ] Marston [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., fr. appliquer to put on. ] Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqué lace; appliqué work. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an associate degree conferred for successful studies in applied science.
Syn. -- AAS [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grappling iron, a hooked iron used for grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object. --
Grappling tongs, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. inapplicabilité. ] The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + applicable. ] Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case. J. S. Mill.

Syn. -- Unsuitable; unsuited; unadapted; inappropriate; inapposite; irrelevant.

-- In*ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- In*ap"pli*ca*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. in- not + application: cf. F. inapplication. ] Lack of application, attention, or diligence; negligence; indolence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wrong application. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Lace having a needle-made design applied to a net ground, this ground often being machine-made. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inapplicable. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inapplicable. [ 1913 Webster ]