address
noun
a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons.
addrest
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past participleof address.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof address.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
addressnouna speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons.
Example Sentences
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Dearest Heinrich,—The envelope in which this letter goes was addrest in Cambridge, Mass., and expected to go towards you with a letter in it, long before now.
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James
There was ae sang, amang the rest, Aboon them a’ it pleas’d me best, That some kind husband had addrest To some sweet wife; It thirl’d the heart-strings thro’ the breast, A’ to the life.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
And as the dews revive the drooping flowers, So let your drops of pity be addrest!
From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
While she hesitates, the other cardinal, Campeius, thinking himself addrest by a lady, steps forward.
From Inquiries and Opinions by Brander Matthews
The gods were next addrest with expiations and recourse had to the Sibyl's books.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
