applied, ppl. a.
(əˈplaɪd)
[f. apply v. + -ed.]
† 1. Folded. Obs. rare.
| c 1500 To serve a Lord in Babees Bk. 367 The boteler..shall brynge forthe clenly dressed and fayre applyed Tabill⁓clothis. Ibid. 372 A longe towaile applyed dowble. |
2. Put to practical use; practical, as distinguished from abstract or theoretical.
| 1656 Artif. Beauty (1662) 216 In their applied sense or meaning. 1832 Babbage Econ. Manuf. xxxv. 379 The applied sciences. 1806 Abp. Thomson Laws of Th. Introd. 5 Applied logic (as distinguished from pure). 1912 A. Brazil New Girl at St. Chad's x. 152 One of her boys has turned out so clever that he has been sent to the Technical School to study ‘applied arts’. 1928 Forestry II. 133 It is probably far wiser for the applied scientist to credit insects with acumen than to attribute to them nothing but forced movements or tropisms. 1933 Burlington Mag. Apr. p. xvi/2 The second collection contains works of fine and applied art from a castle in Upper Hesse, Germany. 1936 Discovery Apr. 129/1 The study of practical psychology or applied psychology. 1958 Year's Wk. Eng. Stud. 1956 37/1 His book will reward study by all interested in what now tends to be called ‘applied linguistics’. |
3. Dressmaking. Laid on as appliqué.
| 1880 E. Glaister Needlework iv. 37 Velvet does not bear applied work well. 1882 Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework s.v. Appliqué. The various applied pieces are laid in position one at a time, and secured by being sewn down round their edges. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 25 July 3/2 A lace applied collar. 1910 Ibid. 29 Jan. 15/2 Applied velvet. |