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address(2) (iou)



address verb. ME.
[Old & mod. French adresser, ult. formed as AD- + DIRECT adjective.]
I. Make straight or right.
verb trans. Erect, raise, set up. ME-E17.
verb trans. Put straight or to rights; set in order. LME-L17.
P. Holland Forced for to addresse themselues, and range a nauall battell in order. Milton A Parlament being call'd, to addres many things.
verb trans. & intrans. Prepare, make ready. (Cf. branch III below.) LME-M19.
Elizabeth I: We will that you shall..address several Schedules. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida Let us address to tend on Hector's heels. H. L'Estrange He..did addresse himself for the stroke of death.
esp.
a. verb trans. Apparel or attire for a special purpose; (later simply) clothe. LME-L17.
J. Jewel Tecla sometime addressed her selfe in Mans apparell.
b. verb trans. Put on (a garment). arch. E16.
Browning I have addressed a frock of heavy mail.
II. Direct.
verb trans. Guide, direct; aim. obsolete exc. Golf, take aim at (the ball). ME.
Tennyson Bent their..faces toward us and address'd Their motion.
verb trans.
a. refl. Betake oneself. LME-L17.
Evelyn I addressed him to Lord Mordaunt.
b. Direct to go (to); introduce; send, dispatch. obsolete exc. with a ship as obj. L15.
verb trans. Send as a written message to (a person); inscribe. Also, write directions for delivery on (an envelope etc.). LME.
G. Greene All the notes she had once addressed to me. E. Bowen Recollecting, as she addressed the envelope, that she had no stamp.
b. Computing. Specify a location in (memory) or location of (data) by means of an address, with a view to transferring data or executing an operation. M20.
a. verb trans. Direct spoken words (to a person; with the words or oneself as obj.). L15.
Scott Fitzgerald To address cordial remarks to the passers-by. G. B. Shaw You should address yourself to His Majesty.
b. verb intrans. Speak directly, present a formal address, pay addresses, to. E17-M18.
Shakespeare King Lear My Lord of Burgundy, We first address toward you.
c. verb trans. Speak directly to; deliver a speech to; present a formal address to; pay addresses to. E18.
Pope And, calling Venus, thus address'd his child. E. O'Neill You'd think you were going to address an audience of literary critics.
verb trans. Use a particular (specified) form of words in speaking or writing to. L18.
J. Masters Subalterns address field officers as 'Sir'. W. Trevor He wished the boy would address him by his correct name.
III. from sense 3, infl. by sense 6.
verb trans. Apply or turn to some object or purpose. LME-L16.
a. verb refl. Apply oneself, direct one's skill or energies, to. LME.
M. H. Abrams Johnson addresses himself to a general examination of Shakespeare's dramas.
b. verb intrans. Turn one's attention to. M17-M18.
Milton Which I shall forthwith addresse to prove.
c. verb trans. Turn one's attention to (a topic etc.); approach, face, (a problem). E19.
Guardian Weekly The agreement..does not address every aspect of every subproblem.
addressable adjective (Computing) pertaining to or designating a memory unit in which all locations can be separately accessed M20.
addressee noun a person to whom something (esp. a letter) is addressed E19.
addresser noun L17.
addressing noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) Computing the method of or system for identifying, referring to, or allocating locations in one or more computers: E16.
addressor noun a person who signs a formal address or addresses a formal document M17.