Index of English words, starting with "ap"

(1) - Applique (a.) Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, applique lace; applique work.

(1) - Apply (v. i.) To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
(2) - Apply (v. i.) To ply; to move.
(3) - 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.
(4) - Apply (v. i.) To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
(5) - Apply (v. t.) To visit.
(6) - Apply (v. t.) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
(7) - Apply (v. t.) To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
(8) - Apply (v. t.) To direct or address.
(9) - Apply (v. t.) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
(10) - 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.
(11) - 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.
(12) - 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.

(1) - Appoint (v. i.) To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
(2) - Appoint (v. t.) To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed.
(3) - Appoint (v. t.) To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign.
(4) - Appoint (v. t.) To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
(5) - Appoint (v. t.) To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
(6) - Appoint (v. t.) To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.
(7) - Appoint (v. t.) To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

(1) - Appointee (v. t.) A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.
(2) - Appointee (v. t.) A person appointed.

(1) - Appointer (n.) One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment.