Applicative: alternatives and connections

The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience.

Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consid…

Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied t…

The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of infe…

(statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which ca…

To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.

Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of nice investi…

An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.

The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil.

The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.

Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.

A conclusion worked out logically from what is already known.

Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed.

One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applying disinfectants.

The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of fa…

The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain di…

One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates…

The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief…