applied
/əˈplaɪd/ adjective B2- Put into practical use.
- Of a branch of science, serving another branch of science or engineering. · applied research
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“My dear Watson, can you doubt that it was to him that I first applied?
Villefort’s first impression was favorable; but he had been so often warned to mistrust first impulses, that he applied the maxim to the impression, forgetting the difference between the two words.
This agreement being made, the Physician, time after time, applied his salve to her eyes, and on every visit took something away, stealing all her property little by little.
Dantès, struck with the beauty and capability of the little vessel, applied to its owner to transfer it to him, offering sixty thousand francs, upon condition that he should be allowed to take immediate possession.
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