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Meaning of APPLICATE

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ap"pli*cate\, a. [L. applicatus, p. p. of applicare.
    See {Apply}.]
    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.
    
    
  2. \Ap"pli*cate\, v. i.
    To apply. [Obs.]
    
          The act of faith is applicated to the object. --Bp.
                                                   Pearson.
    
    
 

 

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