| • | To aim; to direct. |
| • | To prepare or make ready. |
| • | Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake. |
| • | To clothe or array; to dress. |
| • | To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience). |
| • | To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost. |
| • | To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter. |
| • | To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo. |
| • | To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore. |
| • | To prepare one's self. |
| • | To direct speech. |
| • | Act of preparing one's self. |
| • | Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application. |
| • | A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters. |
| • | Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed. |
| • | Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address. |
| • | Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. |
| • | Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness. |
