Defn: The quality or state of being applicable. [R.]
APPLICANT
Ap"pli*cant, n. Etym: [L. applicans, p. pr. of applicare. See Apply.]
Defn: One who apples for something; one who makes request; a
petitioner.
The applicant for a cup of water. Plumtre.
The court require the applicant to appear in person. Z. Swift.
APPLICATE
Ap"pli*cate, a. Etym: [L. applicatus, p. p. of applicare. See Apply.]
Defn: Applied or put to some use.
Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over the
elements. I. Taylor.
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.
APPLICATE
Ap"pli*cate, v. i.
Defn: To apply. [Obs.]
The act of faith is applicated to the object. Bp. Pearson.
APPLICATION Ap`pli*ca"tion, n. Etym: [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.
2. The thing applied. He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. Johnson.