address

Meanings

To prepare oneself.
To direct speech.
To aim; to direct.
To prepare or make ready.
To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
To clothe or array; to dress.
To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any 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 direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
To refer to a location in computer memory.
To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).

From Middle English adressen, from Old French adrecier (modern French adresser), from a- (from Latin ad) + drecier (modern French dresser) < Vulgar Latin *dīrectiō, from Latin dīrectus, from the verb dīrigō, itself from regō. Cognate with Spanish aderezar ("to garnish; dress (food); to add spices").

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