rare. [ad. L. applicāt-us closely adapted, pa. pple. of applicāre to APPLY.] A. adj.
† 1. Closely adapted, suited, conformed. Obs.
1534. Whitinton, Tullyes Offices, I. (1540), 45. The agylite of the mynde is to be approbate and alowed, and [= if] such is applycate to nature.
† 2. Inclined or directed towards. Obs.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., 87. Planets … applicate, refluent, &c. of the celestiall houses.
3. Put to practical use; applied, concrete.
1796. Hutton, Math. Dict., s.v., Applicate Number = concrete.
1838. I. Taylor, Home Educ., 318. The applicate and the mixed sciences. Ibid. (1855), Restor. Belief, 6. The physical sciences both abstract and applicate.
B. sb. 1. In Conic Sections: An ordinate.
1706. Phillips, Applicate, a Right-line, otherwise called the Ordinate or Semi-ordinate in a Conick Section.
1796. in Hutton, Math. Dict.
2. An applied department; an application. See A 3.
1855. I. Taylor, Restor. Belief, 99. The science of antiquity could call scarcely anything within its compass certain, except its geometry and its applicates.
