Mr. Gregson, who had listened to thisaddress with considerable impatience, could contain himself no longer.
1889, Margaret Oliphant,The Portrait:
I watched her without knowing, with a prevision that she was going to address me, though with no sort of idea as to the subject of heraddress.
A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter.[from 17th c.]
Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name,address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.
The President'saddress is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
The location of a property.[from 19th c.]
I went to hisaddress but there was nobody there.
(computing) A number identifying a specific storage location in computermemory.[from 1940s]
The program will crash if there is no valid data stored at thataddress.
This is one bad effect of a good Character—it invites applications from the unfortunate and there needs no small degree ofaddress to gain the reputation of Benevolence without incurring the expence.—
The warmth of Father Pedro's constitution had formerly drawn him into some scrapes from which it required all hisaddress to disengage himself, and rendered him exceedingly cautious ever after.
1813, “Customs, Manners, and present Appearance of Constantinople”, inThe New Annual Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature for the year 1812,page179:
At their turning-lathes, they employ their toes to guide the chisel; and, in these pedipulations, shew to Europeans a diverting degree ofaddress.
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1697,Virgil, “Virgil’s Æneis, Book VII”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis.[…], London:[…]Jacob Tonson,[…],→OCLC,page402:
1697,Virgil, “Virgil’s Æneis, Book X”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis.[…], London:[…]Jacob Tonson,[…],→OCLC,page517:
ThenTurnus, from his chariot, leaping light,Addreſs’d himſelf on foot to ſingle fight.
1649,Jeremy Taylor,The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life According to the Christian Institution:
The five foolish virginsaddressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming.
(transitive,reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
1701,Thomas Brown,Laconics, or New Maxims of State and Conversation, London: Thomas Hodgson, section 76, p. 103,[1]
In the Reign of KingCharles the Second, a certain Worthy Divine atWhitehall, thusAddress’d himself to the Auditory at the conclusion of his Sermon.
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Emperor ofLilliput, Attended by Several of the Nobility, Come to See the Author in His Confinement.[…]”, inTravels into Several Remote Nations of the World.[…][Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London:[…]Benj[amin] Motte,[…],→OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput),page30:
There were ſeveral of his Prieſts and Lawyers preſent, (as I conjectured by their habits) who were commanded toaddreſs themſelves to me, and I ſpoke to them in as many Languages as I had the leaſt ſmattering of, which wereHigh andLow Dutch,Latin,French,Spaniſh,Italian, andLingua Franca; but all to no purpoſe.
1566–67,John Jewel, “The Defence of the Apology”, inThe Works of John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury, volume 4, Cambridge: University of Cambridge, published1845,page651:
Likewise Vincentius, and Petrus de Natalibus, and others your writers and recorders of fables could have told you that Tecla sometimeaddressed herself in man's apparel, and, had she not been forbidden by St Paul, would have followed him in company as a man.
(Discuss(+) this sense)(transitive) To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
1697,Virgil, “Dedication[of the Æneis]”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis.[…], London:[…]Jacob Tonson,[…],→OCLC,page[187]:
though the young Heroe hadaddreſs’d his Prayers to him for his aſſiſtance
Headdressed some portions of his remarks to his supporters, some to his opponents.
(transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; toapply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., tospeak to.
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.[…] Childrenaddress teachers by their first names. Even 15-year-olds do no more than 30 minutes' homework a night.
He stepped away from the sink, put up the toilet ring (Vi complained bitterly if he forgot to put it down when he was through, but never seemed to feel any pressing need to put it back up whenshe was), andaddressed the John.
Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials notaddressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
(transitive,formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt toresolve it.
"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 canaddress it."
2020 December 2, Mark Phillips, “Rebuilding Rail in the 2020s”, inRail, page46:
Formerly [sic: Formally] known as theRail Safety and Standards Board, the not-for-profit organisation's remit includes managing and developing Railway Group Standards on behalf of the rail industry, leading the development of long-term safety strategy, and supporting cross-industry groups thataddress major areas of safety risk.
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