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Address   /ˈædrˌɛs/  /ədrˈɛs/   Listen
noun
Address  n.  
1.
Act of preparing one's self. (Obs.)
2.
Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.
3.
A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters.
4.
Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
5.
Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.
6.
Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady.
7.
Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
Synonyms: Speech; discourse; harangue; oration; petition; lecture; readiness; ingenuity; tact; adroitness.


verb
Address  v. t.  (past & past part. addressed; pres. part. addressing)  
1.
To aim; to direct. (Obs.) "And this good knight his way with me addrest."
2.
To prepare or make ready. (Obs.) "His foe was soon addressed." "Turnus addressed his men to single fight." "The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming."
3.
Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake. "These men addressed themselves to the task."
4.
To clothe or array; to dress. (Archaic) "Tecla... addressed herself in man's apparel."
5.
To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience). "The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance."
6.
To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost. "Are not your orders to address the senate?" "The representatives of the nation addressed the king."
7.
To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.
8.
To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
9.
(Com.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.
To address one's self to.
(a)
To prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to.
(b)
To direct one's speech or discourse to.
To address the ball (Golf), to take aim at the ball, adjusting the grip on the club, the attitude of the body, etc., to a convenient position.


Address  v. i.  
1.
To prepare one's self. (Obs.) "Let us address to tend on Hector's heels."
2.
To direct speech. (Obs.) "Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest." Note: The intransitive uses come from the dropping out of the reflexive pronoun.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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... ships-of-war; while to protect such by main strength, or by evading the enemy's search, taxed the skill of the governments and naval commanders in distributing the ships-of-war and squadrons at their disposal, among the many objects which demanded attention. The address of Kempenfeldt and the bad management of Guichen in the North Atlantic, seconded by a heavy gale of wind, seriously embarrassed De Grasse in the West Indies. Similar injury, by cutting off small convoys in the Atlantic, was done to Suffren in the Indian seas: while the latter at once made good part ...
— The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 • A. T. Mahan
... contains the names and positions of all persons in federal employment. The second volume is devoted exclusively to the Postal Service. Very many of the government reports mentioned in this note will be sent to any address upon application. ...
— Government and Administration of the United States • Westel W. Willoughby and William F. Willoughby
... preface closes with a long doggerel rhyme, which, the translator says, he has purposely left untranslated. It is, however, beyond the shadow of a doubt original with him, as its contents prove. Yorick in the Elysian Fields is supposed to address himself, he "anticipates his fate and perceives beforehand that at least one German critic would deem him worthy ...
— Laurence Sterne in Germany • Harvey Waterman Thayer
... her importance in the interviewing world, and some glimpse of the amount of her earnings. This achieved, she breaks off breathless and reproaches you: "But, my dear man, you aren't saying anything at all. You really must say something." ("My dear man" is the favorite form of address of this sort of interviewer when she happens to be a girl.) Too often I have been tempted to reply: "Cleopatra, or Helen, which of us is being interviewed?" When he has given you a chance to talk, this sort of ...
— Your United States - Impressions of a first visit • Arnold Bennett
... cabmen and their wives. An opening hymn, in which all joined, was sung; a passage of Scripture was read, and prayer offered. A "Gospel song" was well sung by a German gentleman as a solo, and then there was a familiar address from the eloquent Court-preacher Frommel. Another prayer followed, another song, and then the ...
— In and Around Berlin • Minerva Brace Norton


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