▪ I. applicate, ppl. a. and n. rare.
(ˈæplɪkeɪt, -ət)
[ad. L. applicāt-us closely adapted, pa. pple. of applicāre to apply.]
A. adj.
† 1. Closely adapted, suited, conformed. Obs.
| 1534 Whittinton Tullyes Offices i. (1540) 45 The agylite of the mynde is to be approbate and alowed, and [= if] such is applycate to nature. |
† 2. Inclined or directed towards. Obs.
| 1652 Gaule Magastrom. 87 Planets..applicate, refluent, &c. of the celestiall houses. |
3. Put to practical use; applied, concrete.
| 1796 Hutton Math. Dict. s.v., Applicate Number = concrete. 1838 I. Taylor Home Educ. 318 The applicate and the mixed sciences. 1855 ― Restor. Belief 6 The physical sciences both abstract and applicate. |
B. n.
1. In Conic Sections: An ordinate.
| 1706 Phillips, Applicate, a Right-line, otherwise called the Ordinate or Semi-ordinate in a Conick Section. 1796 in Hutton Math. Dict. |
2. An applied department; an application. See A 3.
| 1855 I. Taylor Restor. B. 99 Geometry and its applicates. |
▪ II. † ˈapplicate, v. Obs.
[f. L. applicāt- ppl. stem of applicā-re to apply. The pa. pple. was at first also applicate: cf. prec.]
By-form of apply.
| 1531 Elyot Gov. iii. iii. (1557) 146 He wolde..folyshely applycat himselfe to the nature of creatures unreasonable. 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Cyrurg., Howe ought the bolsters to be applicate? Somtyme they be layde to drye, somtyme they ought to be moysted. 1563 Homilies ii. xv. i. (1859) 444 To applicate his merits unto thyself. 1659 Pearson Creed (1839) 479 The act of faith is applicated to the object according to the nature of it. |