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apply
late 14c., from O.Fr.
aplier
(Mod.Fr.
appliquer
), from L.
applicare
"to attach to, to devote oneself to," from
ad-
"to" +
plicare
"fold" see
ply
(v.)). The etymological sense is "to bring things in contact with one another."
