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v. Present participle of apply.

"Nevertheless, the grant was more than welcome, he added; his plan had been to spend the rest of the term applying for increasingly scarce grant money to support his work."

applied    applies    applying   

relate    come to    bear on    have-to doe with    touch    refer    concern    touch on    pertain    consecrate   

appropriate    relate    to apply one's self   

applied   

follow    waste    assign    put    give    strain    pull out all the stops    cannibalise    exercise    overuse   

application    applicable    appliance   

appropriate    devote    attach    incline    betake    address    refer    busy    ply    visit   

Ai    Alai    Ally    Bi    Bligh    Bly    Brunei    Cai    Cy    Dai   

foliar    water-soluble    petroleum-based    organophosphate    inorganic    oil-based    bacta    broad-spectrum    quick-drying    plaster-of-paris