Address
Definition of Address
Ad`dress´ Pronunciation: ăd`drĕs´ | v. t. | 1. | To aim; to direct. | | 2. | To prepare or make ready. | | 3. | Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake. | | 4. | To clothe or array; to dress. | | 5. | To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience). | | 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. | | 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. | | v. i. | 1. | To prepare one's self. | | 2. | To direct speech. | | n. | 1. | | | 1. | Act of preparing one's self. | | 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. |
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