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The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will. Who have received the law by the disposition of angels. Acts vii. 53. The disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of…

To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course. That crude apple that diverted Eve. Milton.

llent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies. "The divine Desdemona." Shak. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. Prov. xvi. 10. But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner insp…

An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound. Wiseman.

To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs. Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. Trench. The soul is dyed by its thoughts. Lubbock. To dye in the grain, To dye in the wool (Fig.), to dye firmly; to imbue thoroughly. He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue…

Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources. See Political economy, under Political. "In politics and economics." V. Knox.

The branch of medical science which treats of the applications agent.

Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. "Emollient applications." Arbuthnot.

Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications.

The application of a plaster or salve.

al or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.

Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin. Endermic method, that in which the medicine enters the system through the skin, being applied either to the sound skin, or to the surface denuded of the cuticle by a blister.

al; connected with the skin or the bark. Epidermic administration of medicine (Med.), the application of medicine to the skin by friction.

An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.

Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.

Equality of power, force, signification, or application. Boyle.

elf into a refined science which no human faculties could master without long and intense application. Macaulay.

ab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.

Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex parte statement. Ex parte application, one made without notice or opportunity to oppose. -- Ex parte council, one that assembles at the request of only one of the parties in dispute. -- Ex parte hearing or evidence (Law), that which is had or taken by one side…

ept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.