To Apply

1. (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
2. (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote
3. (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case
4. (transitive) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
5. (transitive) To betake; to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
6. (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
7. (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
8. (obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
9. (obsolete) To visit