Literary notes about apply (AI summary)
In literature, the term "apply" demonstrates remarkable versatility, being employed in contexts ranging from abstract reasoning to everyday practical matters. Authors use it to extend a remark or principle to a specific group or situation, as when a historical observation is connected to a community [1] or when a general rule is directed toward a particular case [2, 3]. At other times, "apply" takes on an active sense—inviting characters to take action, such as seeking permission [4] or directing one’s attention and effort to a task [5, 6]. It is also found in more formal and technical writing, where it denotes the implementation or enforcement of regulations or procedures, be they legal [7, 8] or methodological [9, 10]. This variety reveals the word’s ability to bridge abstract ideas and concrete action, underscoring its essential role in both narrative and expository styles across diverse literary traditions [11, 12].
- [ Perhaps we may apply this remark to the community of wives among the old Britons, as it is supposed by Cæsar and Dion, (Dion Cassius, l. lxii.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Let us again apply the remark to an external phenomenon enclosed in limits, that is, a body.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - Both these circumstances, I apprehend, apply to the case in question.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny - Apply Dr. Watson, 221B, Baker Street, between eight and nine this evening.”
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle - Now that something else had been finished, and he would apply himself to this task until it was finished.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London - “These thoughts exhilarated me and led me to apply with fresh ardour to the acquiring the art of language.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Special rules, set forth below, apply if you wish to copy and distribute this eBook under the "PROJECT GUTENBERG" trademark.
— from Relativity : the Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein - " "Granting your assertion that the world does all this so soon for men (which, however, I do not think I shall grant), it does not apply to Benwick.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen - Apply the formula:—Motion of A : motion of B :: 64 + 16: 64.
— from How it Works by Archibald Williams - This rule is difficult to apply; it is frequently hard to decide whether a single word, such as however , or a brief phrase, is or is not parenthetic.
— from The Elements of Style by William Strunk - “Apply yourselves, above all, to the amelioration of the soil, to good manures, to the development of the equine, bovine, ovine, and porcine races.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - But apply now our principle of practical results, and see what a vital significance the question of materialism or theism immediately acquires.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James
