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Webster 1913 Edition
Application
1.
The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense;
as, the
. application
of emollients to a diseased limb2.
The thing applied.
He invented a new
application
by which blood might be stanched. Johnson.
3.
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
If a right course . . . be taken with children, there will not be much need of the
application
of the common rewards and punishments. Locke.
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.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 geometry6.
The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy;
as, a rule of general
. application
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 studyHad his
application
been equal to his talents, his progress might have been greater. J. Jay.
8.
The act of making request of soliciting;
as, an
application
for an office; he made application
to a court of chancery.9.
A request; a document containing a request;
as, his
. application
was placed on fileWebster 1828 Edition
Application
APPLICA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of laying on; as the application of emollients to a diseased limb.2.
The thing applied; as, the pain was abated by the application.3.
The act of making request or soliciting; as, he made application to a court of chancery.4.
The act of applying as means; the employment of means; as, children may be governed by a suitable application of rewards and punishments. This is the first signification directed to moral objects. 5. The act of fixing the mind; intenseness of thought; close study; attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.
Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress might have been greater.
6.
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate the agreement or disagreement; as, I make the remark and leave you to make the application.7.
In theology, the act by which the merits of Christ are transferred to man, for his justification.8.
In geometry, a division for applying one quantity to another, whose areas, but not figures, shall be the same; or the transferring a given line into a circle or other figure, so that its ends shall be in the perimeter of the figure.9.
In sermons, that part of the discourse, in which the principles before laid down and illustrated, are applied to practical uses.