Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Address \Ad*dress"\ ([a^]d*dr[e^]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Addressed (-dr[e^]st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Addressing.] [OE.
adressen to raise erect, adorn, OF. adrecier, to straighten,
address, F. adresser, fr. [`a] (L. ad) + OF. drecier, F.
dresser, to straighten, arrange. See Dress, v.]
1. To aim; to direct. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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And this good knight his way with me addrest.
--Spenser.
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2. To prepare or make ready. [Obs.]
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His foe was soon addressed. --Spenser.
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Turnus addressed his men to single fight. --Dryden.
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The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the
noise of the bridegroom's coming. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill
or energies (to some object); to betake.
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These men addressed themselves to the task.
--Macaulay.
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4. To clothe or array; to dress. [Archaic]
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Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel.
--Jewel.
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5. To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as
a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).
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The young hero had addressed his players to him for
his assistance. --Dryden.
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6. 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.
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Are not your orders to address the senate?
--Addison.
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The representatives of the nation addressed the
king. --Swift.
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7. To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to
direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.
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8. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
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9. (Com.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as
agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant
in Baltimore.
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To address one's self to.
(a) To prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to.
(b) To direct one's speech or discourse to.
To address the ball (Golf), to take aim at the ball,
adjusting the grip on the club, the attitude of the body,
etc., to a convenient position.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Address \Ad*dress"\ ([a^]d*dr[e^]s"), v. i.
1. To prepare one's self. [Obs.] "Let us address to tend on
Hector's heels." --Shak.
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2. To direct speech. [Obs.]
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Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest.
--Dryden.
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Note: The intransitive uses come from the dropping out of the
reflexive pronoun.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Address \Ad*dress\, n. [Cf. F. adresse. See Address, v. t.]
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1. Act of preparing one's self. [Obs.] --Jer Taylor.
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2. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal
application.
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3. 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.
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4. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name,
title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
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5. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of
pleasing or insinuating address.
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6. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. --Addison.
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7. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
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Syn: Speech; discourse; harangue; oration; petition; lecture;
readiness; ingenuity; tact; adroitness.
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address
n 1: (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece
of information is stored [syn: address, computeraddress, reference]
2: the place where a person or organization can be found or
communicated with
3: the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an
audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
[syn: address, speech]
4: the manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in
his manner of address to the captain"
5: a sign in front of a house or business carrying the
conventional form by which its location is described
6: written directions for finding some location; written on
letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
[syn: address, destination, name and address]
7: the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a
golf ball
8: social skill [syn: savoir-faire, address]
v 1: speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" [syn:
address, turn to]
2: give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of
trustees" [syn: address, speak]
3: put an address on (an envelope) [syn: address, direct]
4: direct a question at someone
5: address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts
towards something, such as a question
6: greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always
addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by
first name" [syn: address, call]
7: access or locate by address
8: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This
book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western
Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
[syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address]
9: speak to someone [syn: address, accost, come up to]
10: adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting
382 Moby Thesaurus words for "address":
Parthian shot, abiding place, ability, abode, accost, action,
actions, activity, acts, address, adduce, adeptness, adroitness,
advance, affability, affectation, affirmation, after-dinner speech,
aim, air, airmanship, allegation, allege, allocution, angle for,
animadvert, answer, apostrophe, apostrophize, appeal to,
application, apply, apply to, approach, artfulness, artisanship,
artistry, asking, assertion, associate, attend, averment, bearing,
beau, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm,
behavioral science, bend, bespeak, bid for, bid good day,
bid good morning, billhead, bob, bow, bow to, bravura, brilliance,
buckle down, buttonhole, call to, cantonment, canvass, capability,
capacity, carriage, cast, chalk talk, chase, cite, cleverness,
command, comment, commentate, competence, comportment, conduct,
connect, consign, control, converse, coordination, couple, court,
crack, craft, craftsmanship, crash pad, crib, culture pattern,
cunning, curtsy, custom, debate, declamation, declaration,
deftness, deliver an address, demand, demeanor, deportment, desire,
destination, devote, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness,
diatribe, dictum, diplomacy, direct, direction, discourse,
dispatch, document, doing, doings, domicile, domus, dwelling,
dwelling place, ease, efficiency, embrace, escort, esquire, eulogy,
exchange greetings, exclamation, exemplify, exhortation, expertise,
expressed desire, expression, facility, filibuster, finesse,
fish for, folkway, follow, forensic, forensic address,
formal speech, forward, funeral oration, gestures, give,
give a talk, goings-on, grace, graciousness, greet, greeting, grip,
guise, habitation, hail, halloo, hand-clasp, handiness, handshake,
harangue, hello, horsemanship, hortatory address, how-do-you-do,
hug, illustrate, impetration, inaugural, inaugural address,
incline, indent, ingeniousness, ingenuity, interjection, invective,
invoke, jeremiad, kiss, kiss hands, know-how, lay, lay siege to,
lecture, letterhead, level, lift the hat, link, location, lodging,
lodging place, lodgment, look for, maintien, make suit to,
make up to, manner, manners, marksmanship, mastership, mastery,
memorialize, mention, method, methodology, methods, mien,
modus vivendi, motions, movements, moves, name and address, neck,
nest, nod, nod to, note, observable behavior, observation, offer,
oration, pad, pattern, pay addresses to, pay attention to,
pay court to, pep talk, peroration, pet, petition, philippic,
phrase, pitch, place, place to live, platform, point, poise,
pop the question, port, pose, position, postal zone, posture,
practical ability, practice, praxis, prefer, prelect,
prepared speech, prepared text, presence, present, procedure,
proceeding, proffer, proficiency, pronouncement, propose, prowess,
public speech, pull the forelock, pursue, question, quickness,
readiness, reading, recital, recitation, reflection, relate,
remark, remit, request, requisition, residence, resource,
resourcefulness, romance, roof, route, run after, rush, sales talk,
salutation, salutatory, salutatory address, salute, savoir faire,
savoir-faire, savvy, say, say hello, saying, screed, seamanship,
seat, seek, sentence, serenade, sermon, set, set speech, shake,
shake hands, ship, skill, skillfulness, sleight, smile,
smile of recognition, smooch, soapbox, social science, solicit,
spark, speak, speak fair, speak to, speech, speechification,
speechify, speeching, spoon, squire, statement, stump, style,
subjoinder, submit, sue, sue for, suggest, superscribe,
superscription, swain, sweetheart, tact, tactfulness, tactics,
take aside, take the floor, take the stump, talk, talk to,
talkathon, tax, technical brilliance, technical mastery,
technical skill, technique, tender, thought, throw, timing, tirade,
tone, touch the hat, train, transmit, turn, uncover, utterance,
valediction, valedictory, valedictory address, virtuosity, wave,
way, way of life, ways, whereabouts, wish, wit, wizardry, woo,
word, workmanship, zip code, zone
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 July 2010)
address
1. e-mail address.
2. IP address.
3. MAC address.
4. An unsigned integer used to select
one fundamental element of storage, usually known as a word
from a computer's main memory or other storage device. The
CPU outputs addresses on its address bus which may be
connected to an address decoder, cache controller, memorymanagement unit, and other devices.
While from a hardware point of view an address is indeed an
integer most strongly typed programming languages disallow
mixing integers and addresses, and indeed addresses of
different data types. This is a fine example for syntacticsalt: the compiler could work without it but makes writing
bad programs more difficult.
(1997-07-01)
Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
ADDRESS, chan. plead. That part of a bill which contains the appropriate and
technical description of the court where the plaintiff seeks his remedy.
Coop. Eq. Pl. 8; Bart. Suit in Eq. Story, Eq. Pl. Sec. 26 Van Hey. Eq.
Draft. 2.
Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
ADDRESS, legislation. In Pennsylvania it is a resolution of both, branches
of the legislature, two-thirds of each house concurring, requesting the
governor to remove a judge from office. The constitution of that state, art.
5, s. 2, directs that "for any reasonable cause, which shall not be, ground
for impeachment, the governor may remove any of them [the judges], on the
address of two-third's of each branch of the legislature." The mode of
removal by address is unknown to the constitution of the, United States, but
it is recognized in several of the states. In some of the state
constitutions the language is imperative; the governor when thus addressed
shall remove; in others it is left to his discretion, he may remove. The
relative proportion of each house that must join in the address, varies also
in different states. In some a bare majority is sufficient; in others, two-
thirds are requisite; and in others three-fourths. 1 Journ. of Law, 154.
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