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What does the word apply mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

To put or place ( to); devote; attach; refer; test.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To give wholly ( to); devote ( oneself), as to study.

Part of speech: verb

To make request; ask; petition.

Usage examples for apply

Apply at the palace. – Oswald Bastable and Others by Edith Nesbit
This is a difficult rule to apply however just it may seem to be. – Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles
" Besides, I have no measure to apply to Malcolm," she went on, a little hurriedly. – The Marquis of Lossie by George MacDonald