v. - To aim; to direct.
v. - To prepare or make ready.
v. - Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
v. - To clothe or array; to dress.
v. - To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).
v. - 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.
v. - To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.
v. - To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
v. - To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.
v. i. - To prepare one's self.
v. i. - To direct speech.
v. t. - Act of preparing one's self.
v. t. - Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.
v. t. - 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.
v. t. - Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
v. t. - Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.
v. t. - Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady.
v. t. - Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.