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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.





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"Address" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the late National Convention of the friends of education, had issued an address inviting all friendly to the object, whether connected with and interested in common-schools, academies, or colleges, to meet in convention at Philadelphia on the fourth day ...
— International Weekly Miscellany, Vol. 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850 • Various
... Gotto, which is said to be of great extent. It was formerly divided into a number of petty states which were governed by their own chiefs; but their private quarrels invited invasion from the neighbouring kingdoms. At length a politic chief, of the name of Moosee, had address enough to make them unite in hostilities against Bambarra; and on this occasion he was unanimously chosen general, the different chiefs consenting for a time to act under his command. Moosee immediately dispatched a fleet of canoes, loaded with provisions, ...
— Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa • Mungo Park
... His morning study, and his midnight oil, At length an author's ONE great work appeared, By patient hope, and length of days, endear'd: Expecting nations hail'd it from the press; Poetic friends prefix'd each kind address; Princes and kings received the pond'rous gift, And ladies read the work they could not lift. Fashion, though Folly's child, and guide of fools, Rules e'en the wisest, and in learning rules; From crowds and courts to "Wisdom's seat she goes And reigns triumphant ...
— The Library • George Crabbe
... following my own aims vigorously and cheerfully, restore that respect which she seemed to be on the point of losing. For, consciously or not, she had communicated to me a doubt, implied in the very expression of her own strength and pride. She had meant to address me as an equal, yet, despite herself, took a stand a little above that which she accorded ...
— Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 • Various
... whether, had it been otherwise, we could have brought about the better state of things in Europe for which I tried to express the hope, altho not without misgiving, in the address on "Higher Nationality" which I was privileged to deliver before distinguished representatives of the United States and of Canada at Montreal on September 1, 1913. I spoke then of the possibility of a larger entente, an entente which might become a real concert ...
— Before the War • Viscount Richard Burton Haldane


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