address

1. v. To aim; to direct. Source: opted

2. v. To prepare or make ready. Source: opted

3. v. Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake. Source: opted

4. v. To clothe or array; to dress. Source: opted

5. v. To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience). Source: opted

6. v. 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; to accost. Source: opted

7. v. To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter. Source: opted

8. v. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo. Source: opted

9. v. To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore. Source: opted

10. v. i. To prepare one's self. Source: opted

11. v. i. To direct speech. Source: opted

12. v. t. Act of preparing one's self. Source: opted

13. v. t. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application. Source: opted

14. v. t. A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters. Source: opted

15. v. t. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed. Source: opted

16. v. t. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address. Source: opted

17. v. t. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. Source: opted

18. v. t. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness. Source: opted

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