Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to apply
Participle: applied
Gerund: applying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | apply |
| you | apply |
| he;she;it | applies |
| we | apply |
| you | apply |
| they | apply |
Perfect
| I | have applied |
| you | have applied |
| he;she;it | has applied |
| we | have applied |
| you | have applied |
| they | have applied |
Past
| I | applied |
| you | applied |
| he;she;it | applied |
| we | applied |
| you | applied |
| they | applied |
Pluperfect
| I | had applied |
| you | had applied |
| he;she;it | had applied |
| we | had applied |
| you | had applied |
| they | had applied |
Future
| I | will apply |
| you | will apply |
| he;she;it | will apply |
| we | will apply |
| you | will apply |
| they | will apply |
Future Perfect
| I | will have applied |
| you | will have applied |
| he;she;it | will have applied |
| we | will have applied |
| you | will have applied |
| they | will have applied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | apply |
| you | apply |
| he;she;it | apply |
| we | apply |
| you | apply |
| they | apply |
Perfect
| I | have applied |
| you | have applied |
| he;she;it | have applied |
| we | have applied |
| you | have applied |
| they | have applied |
Imperfect
| I | applied |
| you | applied |
| he;she;it | applied |
| we | applied |
| you | applied |
| they | applied |
Pluperfect
| I | had applied |
| you | had applied |
| he;she;it | had applied |
| we | had applied |
| you | had applied |
| they | had applied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would apply |
| you | would apply |
| he;she;it | would apply |
| we | would apply |
| you | would apply |
| they | would apply |
Perfect
| I | would have applied |
| you | would have applied |
| he;she;it | would have applied |
| we | would have applied |
| you | would have applied |
| they | would have applied |
Imperative
| you | apply |
| we | Let's apply |
| you | apply |
Verbs conjugated like 'apply'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'apply'
appay,
apple,
ally,
apay,
appal,
appall,
appel,
applot,
coapply,
dapple,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- employ
- use, effect, utilize, implement, exercise, spend, practice
- devote
- persevere, dedicate, prescribe, allot, appropriate, assign
Antonyms
- devote
- misapply, misuse, squander, waste
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374, from O.Fr. aplier, from L. applicare "to attach to, to devote oneself to," from ad- "to" + plicare "fold" see ply (v.)). The etymological sense is "to bring things in contact with one another." Applied (opposed to abstract or theoretical) is from 1656.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
4. Proto-Italic *ad
5. Proto-Italic *ad-
6. Latin ad-
7. Proto-Indo-European *pel-
8. Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der.
9. Latin plicō
10. Latin applicō
11. Old French applierbor.
12. Middle English aplien
13. English apply
14. Inherited from Middle English aplien, borrowed from Old French applier, from Latin applicō, from ad- + plicō (“fold; arrive”). See applicant, ply.
Verbs referencing "apply"
Ido aplikar, Cebuano aplay.
Sample Sentences
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[...] he instantly stooped down, and began to feel it, and soon discovered the way in which the upper plate moved upon the lower one; but this was not enough for him, so lying down upon his face, he applied his tongue first to one, then to the other, and seemed to discover that they were of different kinds of metal.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and Balfour of Burley—of taking his great quarto Bible under his arm and pacing up and down the pulpit with it; looking steadily down, meantime, into the midst of the congregation. Thus, when he applied his text to the first assemblage of his hearers, and pictured the wonder of the church at their presumption in forming a congregation among themselves, he stopped short with his Bible under his arm [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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He has it; and by fits and starts applies himself to labour; but every now and then there comes upon him a burning sense of the years that must be wasted in that stone coffin, and an agony so piercing in the recollection of those who are [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Did I recognise in this assembly, a body of men, who, applying themselves in a new world to correct some of the falsehoods and vices of the old, purified the avenues to Public Life, paved the dirty ways to Place and Power, debated and made laws for the Common [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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‘“Yes, sir.” ‘“ Then I have to tell you that you are a — ” (applying an appropriate epithet ).
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] fact that our grandmothers raised some tolerably fair men and women under this regime, as many of us can remember and testify. At all events, Miss Ophelia knew of nothing else to do; and, therefore, applied her mind to her heathen with the best diligence she could command.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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But what was to be done with Topsy ? Miss Ophelia found the case a puzzler; her rules for bringing up didn't seem to apply. She thought she would take time to think of it; and, by the way of gaining time, and in hopes of some indefinite moral virtues supposed to be inherent in dark closets, Miss Ophelia shut Topsy up in [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] At Miss Ophelia's direction, one of the lounges in the parlor was hastily prepared, and the bleeding form laid upon it. St. Clare had fainted, through pain and loss of blood; but, as Miss Ophelia applied restoratives, he revived, opened his eyes, looked fixedly on them, looked earnestly around the room, his eyes travelling wistfully over every object, and finally they rested on his mother's picture.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The physician now arrived, and made his examination. It was evident, from the expression of his face, that there was no hope; but he applied himself to dressing the wound, and he and Miss Ophelia and Tom proceeded composedly with this work, amid the lamentations and sobs and cries of the affrighted servants, who had clustered about the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The stranger applied his fingers to the implement in question, and simply said,
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)