the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Having the property of applying; applicative; practical.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Consisting in or fitted for application; serving for application; practical: as, “applicatory information,”
Making application, appeal, or request.
n. That which applies; a means of putting to use.
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adj. readily applicable or practical
Word Usage
"Truly, besides those general ways, in the law and in the preaching of it, God hath particular applicatory ways, and works in the world in judgments and afflictions; and how soon he may enter into our consciences we know not."