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A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait. Dunglison.

Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf. -- Pli"cate*ly, adv.

A folding or fold; a plait. Richardson.

A fold; a doubling; a plication. Dr. H. More.

The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.

being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.

The quality or state of being applicable. [R.]

One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner. The applicant for a cup of water. Plumtre. The court require the applicant to appear in person. Z. Swift.

Applied or put to some use. Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over the elements. I. Taylor. Applicate number (Math.), one which applied to some concrete case. -- Applicate ordinate, right line applied at right angles to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve.

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.

By way of application.

Having the property of applying; applicative; practical. -- n.

Twice folded together. Henslow.

To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times. [R.] Howell.

A state of being complicate or intricate. Mitford.

Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles.

Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved. How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man! Young.

In a complex manner.

Complexity. Sir M. Hale.