Verb

(en verb)

To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); be intent upon; mean; design; plan; purpose.

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*{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild

, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.}}

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington

, volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}

To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.

(obsolete) To stretch to extend; distend.

To strain; make tense.

(obsolete) To intensify; strengthen.

*, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.139:

Dotage, fatuity, or follyis for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others […].

To apply with energy.

To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.

To design mechanically or artistically; ; mold.

To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.

Verb

(obsolete) To prepare oneself.

* (rfdate), (William Shakespeare)

Let us address to tend on Hector's heels.

(obsolete) To speech.

* (rfdate), (John Dryden)

Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest .

(obsolete) To aim; to .

* (rfdate), (Edmund Spenser)

And this good knight his way with me addrest .

(obsolete) To prepare or make ready.

* (rfdate), (Edmund Spenser)

His foe was soon addressed .

* (rfdate), (John Dryden)

Turnus addressed his men to single fight.

* (rfdate), (Jeremy Taylor)

The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming.

(reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.

* (rfdate) (Thomas Babington Macaulay)

These men addressed themselves to the task.

* 1851 , (Herman Melville), (Moby Dick) ,

[...] good heavens! dumplings for supper! One young fellow in a green box coat, addressed himself to these dumplings in a most direful manner.

(archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.

* (rfdate) Jewel

Tecla ... addressed herself in man's apparel.

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

* (rfdate) (John Dryden)

''The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance.

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.

* (rfdate) (Joseph Addison)

Are not your orders to address the senate?

* (rfdate) (Jonathan Swift)

The representatives of the nation addressed the king.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)

, volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.

To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.

To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.

To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.

To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech or discourse to.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03

, author=Lee A. Groat, volume=100, issue=2, page=128, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Gemstones , passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)}}

(formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 19, author=Josh Halliday, work=The Guardian

, title= Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , passage="By all means we want people to use social media, but we do not want you to use it in ways that will incite violence," said Jonathan Toy, Southwark council's head of community safety. "This remains a big issue for us and without some form of censorship purely focusing on [violent videos], I'm not sure how we can address it."}}

(computing) To refer a location in computer memory.

(golf) To get ready to hit the ball on the tee.