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applicatory

[ap-li-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, uh-plik-uh-]
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adjective
  1. fitted for application or use; practical.
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Origin of applicatory

1530–40; applicate (see applicative) + -ory1
Related formsap·pli·ca·to·ri·ly, adverbnon·ap·pli·ca·to·ry, adjective
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Examples from the Web for applicatory

Historical Examples

  • In the practical and applicatory parts of his discourse he was peculiarly striking.

    Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire

    Thomas Coleman

  • In this the function of conscience passes from its fundamental idea into the form of an applicatory judgment.

    Theoretical Ethics

    Milton Valentine

British Dictionary definitions for applicatory

applicatory

adjective
  1. suitable for application
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