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Definition of Applying
1. apply [v] - See also: apply
Lexicographical Neighbors of Applying
Literary usage of Applying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"C. applying to all-day schools only. 1. In all cities and towns. ... D. applying to
part-time schools and classes only. 1. Division of fund. ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"And this being so, there seems nothing in the essence of the sacrament to demand
one mode of applying the water above another, within the limits of this ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1907)
"... but not lees than fourth class, where the result of applying this modified
percentage classification to the varying rates is to leave soap in less than ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1860)
"This mode of application is particularly valuable in applying the styptic to such
cases as excision of the tonsils, bleeding from the deeper-seated gums. ..."
5. The Principles of Scientific Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor (1911)
"In applying these new principles, in place of the old individual effort of each
workman, both sides share almost equally in the daily performance of each ..."
6. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1897)
"The present situation of the Municipal Hospital can hardly be improved upon.
PORTABLE DOOR-ATTACHMENT FOR applying SUSPENSION. ..."
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