What's the difference between apply and reapply?

Apply


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.
  • (v. t.) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.
  • (v. t.) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.
  • (v. t.) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
  • (v. t.) To direct or address.
  • (v. t.) To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
  • (v. t.) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
  • (v. t.) To visit.
  • (v. i.) To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
  • (v. i.) To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information.
  • (v. i.) To ply; to move.
  • (v. i.) To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Renal micropuncture and microdissection techniques with ultramicro fluid analysis have been applied to evaluate single nephron function in the skate, Raja erinacea.
  • (2) Spectrophotometric determination of the sulfhydryl content in the animal tissue before (control) and after using 6,6'-Dithiodinicotinic acid is applied.
  • (3) Microionophoretically applied excitatory amino acids induced firing of extracellularly recorded single units in a tissue slice preparation of the mouse cochlear nucleus, and the similarly applied antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (2APV) was demonstrated to be a selective N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist.
  • (4) The content of the cavities was not stained by any of the immunocytochemical reactions applied.
  • (5) However, some contactless transactions are processed offline so may not appear on a customer’s account until after the block has been applied.” It says payments that had been made offline on the day of cancellation may be applied to accounts and would be refunded when the customer identified them; payments made on days after the cancellation will not be taken from an account.
  • (6) The models are applied to estimate the demand for tobacco products in Finland.
  • (7) The way how to apply this fixator is described in details.
  • (8) Standard nerve conduction techniques using constant measured distances were applied to evaluate the median, ulnar and radial nerves.
  • (9) Here, we review the nature of the heart sound signal and the various signal-processing techniques that have been applied to PCG analysis.
  • (10) According to the finite element analysis, the design bases of fixed restorations applied in the teeth accompanied with the absorption of the alveolar bone were preferred.
  • (11) From these results it was concluded that FITC-Con A staining method applied to smear specimens is more advantageous in the rapidity and the simplicity for tumor cell diagnosis than section specimen method.
  • (12) Median effect analysis was applied for the evaluation of in vitro effect by the growth inhibition, and the in vivo effect by comparison of the increase of life span (ILS) in a combined group with the sum of ILS's in 2 single agent groups.
  • (13) Before carrier vaccines are applied, these risks must be thoroughly evaluated case-by-case.
  • (14) We conclude that both exogenously applied PAF by inhalation and antigen exposure are capable of inducing LAR in sensitized guinea pigs, and thus the priming effect of immunization and PAF may contribute to the development of LAR observed in asthma.
  • (15) J., 4 (1985) 1709-1714) and fast pH changes were applied with a technique developed by Davies et al.
  • (16) I fear that I will have to go through another witch-hunt in order to apply for this benefit."
  • (17) Eddy current transducers measured relative displacements under application of static loads, serially applied in the axial, mediolateral, and craniocaudal directions.
  • (18) An innovative magnetic resonance imaging technique was applied to the measurement of blood flow in the abdominal aorta.
  • (19) The authors suggest that the outstanding high sensitivity of the above mentioned two tests applied parallelly reveals that they highlights partially different aspects of coronary artery disease, and that is why the overlapping between the methods is relatively small.
  • (20) We applied a flow cytometry apparatus (FCM) to differentiating Exophiala dermatitidis, E. moniliae and E. jeanselmei from each other.

Reapply


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To apply again.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He will himself have to repeatedly reapply for PIP, despite the fact that the severity of his condition meant he was granted a lifelong DLA award, after a paper-based assessment.
  • (2) When the nonadherent IgG of the first passage through the platelet cell column was reapplied a second time virtually no IgG was retained.
  • (3) Staff hand out baby-wipes as the girls arrive in school if they are wearing makeup, and persistent offenders are put on report and are examined in every lesson to check they have not reapplied it.
  • (4) AT III from the patient was reapplied to heparin-Sepharose and eluted with a NaCl gradient.
  • (5) However, he said investigators were free to reapply for new ones and he refused an application to dismiss the entire complaint against the men.
  • (6) Nicola Grove Horningsham, Wiltshire • Our twin 41-year-old sons, who have learning difficulties, epilepsy and other problems, have just been informed that they will have to reapply for their welfare benefits through a process conducted on behalf of the coalition government by the French-owned private company Atos.
  • (7) Many people also don't use sunscreen properly – applying insufficient amounts, failing to reapply after a couple of hours and staying in the sun too long.
  • (8) Barroso, head of the EU executive until October, has previously said that any newly independent state would have to reapply to join the EU.
  • (9) The kindling effect is a relatively permanent alteration in brain function which results from repeated electrical or chemical stimulation and culminates in the appearance of electrographic and behavioral convulsions whenever the original stimulus is reapplied.
  • (10) When reapplied 1 min after removal, odorants elicit an AC response greater than on first exposure, implying a cellular "memory" for odorants.
  • (11) The bead assay retains a low degree of variability over long storage periods, and the beads may be reapplied after a simple acid-washing procedure.
  • (12) Alex Salmond, Scotland's first minister, has today urged Newsquest to rethink a decision to force all staff on its Glasgow newspapers to reapply for fewer jobs and to begin negotiations with the National Union of Journalists.
  • (13) The ulcers were reviewed every 2 weeks, and the dressing reapplied every 4 weeks.
  • (14) In one series of experiments the Mg2+ was withdrawn after 3-4 min and reapplied 35-40 min later in order to divide the total output of quanta into two approximately equal bouts of secretion that were well separated in time.
  • (15) A dressing was reapplied, and with concomitant diuresis obtained a dramatic improvement.
  • (16) When premotor cortical kindling stimulation was subsequently reapplied, three-quarters of the animals failed to respond with kindled seizures and additional stimulations were necessary to reestablish kindled seizure.
  • (17) "If they do reapply, TransCanada will face the same valid public concerns and fierce opposition as the first time."
  • (18) Katherine Elam, graduate resourcing advisor for Addleshaw Goddard, says many candidates who are unsuccessful in their first round of applications go on to impress when they reapply because they’ve sought feedback and worked hard to show how they’ve improved.
  • (19) They will have to reapply to the fund every six weeks, even if looking after children on a long-term basis.
  • (20) It is thought that executives in certain departments will have to reapply for their jobs.

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