a. Obs. [a. OFr. apliant, pr. pple. of aplier: see APPLY v. and -ANT.] Const. to.
1. Applying or inclining the mind; favorably inclined, docile, pliant; diligent.
1413. Lydgate, Pylgr. Sowle, IV. xxx. (1483), 78. Theyr wylle was not aplyaunt to the counceyll of the … peple that they had to gouerne.
1509. Hawes, Past. Pleas., XI. xxxvii. Hym that is ryght well applyaunt For to bere it.
1549. Latimer, 7 Serm. (Arb.), 24. Pharao … applyant unto the lustes of his owne herte.
1658. Lennard, Charron’s Wisdom, III. xxxvi. § 3. That the soul may be alwaies … appliant unto reason.
2. Applicable, pertinent to. rare.
1548. Geste, Pr. Masse, 99. Yt [which] I have spoken … is … appliaunt to the latter portion of the sayde supper.
