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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Yet ne'er the less, with heat opprest, Those three bold captains he addrest; And wished that one to him would bring Some water from his native spring.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
Her sister she addrest While treach'rous smiles beguil'd her soul distrest.
From The Fourth Book of Virgil's Aeneid and the Ninth Book of Voltaire's Henriad by Virgil
It was addrest to Louis de Santangel, the treasurer of King Ferdinand of Spain.
From Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
This essay addrest to Gallio, Seneca is thought to have intended "as a vindication of himself against those who calumniated him on account of his riches and manner of living."
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
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
