Apply vs. Confirm

(transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)

Example: ‘to apply cream to a rash’;

(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote

Example: ‘to apply funds to the repayment of a debt’;

(transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case

(transitive) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.

(transitive) To betake; to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.

(intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).

Example: ‘I recently applied to the tavern for a job as a bartender.’; ‘Most of the colleges she applied to were ones she thought she had a good chance of getting into.’; ‘Many of them don't know it, but almost a third of the inmates are eligible to apply for parole or work-release programs.’;

(intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.

Example: ‘That rule only applies to foreigners.’;

(obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.

(obsolete) To visit.

alternative spelling of appley

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); - with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.

Example: ‘He said, and the sword his throat applied.’;

To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.

To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.

Example: ‘Yet God at lastTo Satan, first in sin, his doom applied.’;

To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.

Example: ‘Apply thine heart unto instruction.’;

To direct or address.

Example: ‘Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto.’;

To betake; to address; to refer; - used reflexively.

Example: ‘I applied myself to him for help.’;

To busy; to keep at work; to ply.

Example: ‘She was skillful in applying his "humors."’;

To visit.

Example: ‘And he applied each place so fast.’;

To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.

To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information.

To ply; to move.

Example: ‘I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water.’;

To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).

put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose;

Example: ‘use your head!’; ‘we only use Spanish at home’; ‘I can't make use of this tool’; ‘Apply a magnetic field here’; ‘This thinking was applied to many projects’; ‘How do you utilize this tool?’; ‘I apply this rule to get good results’; ‘use the plastic bags to store the food’; ‘He doesn't know how to use a computer’;

be pertinent or relevant or applicable;

Example: ‘The same laws apply to you!’; ‘This theory holds for all irrational numbers’; ‘The same rules go for everyone’;

ask (for something);

Example: ‘He applied for a leave of absence’; ‘She applied for college’; ‘apply for a job’;

apply to a surface;

Example: ‘She applied paint to the back of the house’; ‘Put on make-up!’;

be applicable to; as to an analysis;

Example: ‘This theory lends itself well to our new data’;

give or convey physically;

Example: ‘She gave him First Aid’; ‘I gave him a punch in the nose’;

avail oneself to;

Example: ‘apply a principle’; ‘practice a religion’; ‘use care when going down the stairs’; ‘use your common sense’; ‘practice non-violent resistance’;

ensure observance of laws and rules;

Example: ‘Apply the rules to everyone’;

refer (a word or name) to a person or thing;

Example: ‘He applied this racial slur to me!’;

apply oneself to;

Example: ‘Please apply yourself to your homework’;

make a formal application or request

Example: ‘a number of people have applied to vote by proxy’; ‘you need to apply to the local authority for a grant’;

put oneself forward formally as a candidate for a job

Example: ‘she had applied for a number of positions’;

be applicable or relevant

Example: ‘normal rules apply’; ‘prices do not apply to public holiday periods’;

bring or put into operation or use

Example: ‘the oil industry has failed to apply appropriate standards of care’;

put or spread (a substance) on a surface

Example: ‘the sealer can be applied to new wood’;

use; exert

Example: ‘smooth over with a cloth, applying even pressure’;

give one's full attention to a task; work hard

Example: ‘for two years, she applied herself to her studies with dedication’;

In mathematics and computer science, apply is a function that applies a function to arguments. It is central to programming languages derived from lambda calculus, such as LISP and Scheme, and also in functional languages.

To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.

To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).

To assure the accuracy of previous statements.

To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

Example: ‘Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs.’; ‘And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law.’;

To strengthen in judgment or purpose.

Example: ‘Confirmed, then, I resolveAdam shall share with me in bliss or woe.’;

To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.

Example: ‘Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale.’; ‘These likelihoods confirm her flight.’;

To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty.

Example: ‘That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than confimed.’;

To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3.

Example: ‘Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed to be fit for admission to the sacrament.’;

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

Example: ‘his story confirmed my doubts’; ‘The evidence supports the defendant’;

strengthen or make more firm;

Example: ‘The witnesses confirmed the victim's account’;

make more firm;

Example: ‘Confirm thy soul in self-control!’;

as of a person to a position;

Example: ‘The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense’;

administer the rite of confirmation to;

Example: ‘the children were confirmed in their mother's faith’;