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† aˈppliant, a. Obs.
[a. OFr. apliant, pr. pple. of aplier: see apply v. and -ant.]
Const. to.
1. Applying or inclining the mind; favourably inclined, docile, pliant; diligent.
1413Lydgate Pylgr. Sowle iv. xxx. (1483) 78 Theyr wylle was not aplyaunt to the counceyll of the..peple that they had to gouerne. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xi. xxxvii, Hym that is ryght well applyaunt For to bere it. 1549Latimer 7 Serm. (Arb.) 24 Pharao..applyant unto the lustes of his owne herte. 1658S. Lennard Charron's Wisdom iii. xxxvi. §3 That the soul may be alwaies..appliant unto reason.
2. Applicable, pertinent to. rare.
1548Geste Pr. Masse 99 Yt [which] I have spoken..is..appliaunt to the latter portion of the sayde supper. |