Literary notes about applied (AI summary)
The word “applied” is used in literature in a wide variety of ways that underscore its versatility. In more concrete contexts, it describes the physical act of administering remedies or treatments, as seen when heated, powdered leaves are applied to wounds ([1], [2], [3]), or when a poultice is applied to ulcers ([4]). In technical and scientific writing, “applied” indicates putting principles into practice—whether it’s the application of scientific rules ([5], [6], [7]) or adapting methods and techniques for specific purposes, as in military or engineering contexts ([8]). The term also appears in more abstract or metaphorical uses. It can denote the extension of names or titles beyond their original scope ([9], [10]), the personal investing of effort or feeling ([11], [12]), or the systematic assignment of terms to particular ideas and social groups ([13], [14]). In each instance, “applied” retains the core notion of something being put into effect, whether it be a medicinal substance on the body or a conceptual framework onto a broader set of phenomena.
- The heated and powdered leaves are applied to wounds and given internally for congestions.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - The flowers are bruised and applied to the bites of snakes and other poisonous animals.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - A poultice of the tender leaves is applied to ulcers and sores previously washed with the decoction.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - Hot cloths, a bag of heated salt, or a hot bottle applied to the ear will often cure earache.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook by Boy Scouts of America - Course of Applied Sciences.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - This general principle may be briefly applied to a consideration of its bearing upon a number of points.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - This is the doctrine of Malthus, applied to the whole animal and vegetable kingdoms.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - The gymnastic exercises are divided into “elementary gymnastics,” and “gymnastics applied,” that is, applied to special military purposes.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Their name, though belonging originally to a single nation or tribe, came to be afterwards applied collectively to the whole people of Germany.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny - His name was Alexius; and the epithet of great 201 was applied perhaps to his stature, rather than to his exploits.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - “As I read, however, I applied much personally to my own feelings and condition.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 6 Julia applied herself to letters and philosophy, with some success, and with the most splendid reputation.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Sir William and Lady Lucas were speedily applied to for their consent; and it was bestowed with a most joyful alacrity.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Thus far the public has been described almost wholly in terms that could be applied to a crowd.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
