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▸ noun: (obsolete) Guidance; help.
▸ noun: (chiefly in the plural, now archaic) A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance.
▸ noun: A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
▸ noun: A formal approach to a sovereign, especially an official appeal or petition; later (specifically) a response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
▸ noun: An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this.
▸ noun: A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter.
▸ noun: (by extension) The property itself.
▸ noun: (computing) A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory; a string of characters identifying a location on the internet or other network; sometimes (specifically) an e-mail address.
▸ noun: Preparation.
▸ noun: (now rare) Preparedness for some task; resourcefulness; skill, ability.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The act of getting ready; preparation.
▸ noun: (golf, Scotland) The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To prepare oneself.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To direct speech.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To aim; to direct.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or make ready.
▸ verb: (transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
▸ verb: (reflexive) To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.
▸ verb: (transitive) To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
▸ verb: (transitive) 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.
▸ verb: (transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
▸ verb: (transitive) To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
▸ verb: (transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
▸ verb: (transitive, formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
▸ verb: (transitive, computing) To refer to a location in computer memory.
▸ verb: (transitive, golf, Scotland) To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).
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street address,
mailing address,
email address,
IP address,
physical address,
billing address,
forwarding address,
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