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Russian

Etymology

при- (pri-) +‎ ложи́ть (ložítʹ)

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Verb

приложи́ть (priložítʹpf (imperfective прикла́дывать or прилага́ть)

  1. to put (next to)
    приложи́ть часы́ к у́хуpriložítʹ časý k úxuto put a watch to one's ear
    приложи́ть ру́ку к козырьку́priložítʹ rúku k kozyrʹkúto put one's hand to the peak of one's cap, salute
    приложи́ть ру́куpriložítʹ rúku1) to sign, fix one's signature 2) take a hand (in), put one's hand, to have a finger in the pie
    Imperfective: прикла́дывать (prikládyvatʹ)
  2. to enclose, to join, to attach
    приложи́ть печа́тьpriložítʹ pečátʹto attach a seal
    Imperfectives: прикла́дывать (prikládyvatʹ), прилага́ть (prilagátʹ)
  3. to apply, to use
    приложи́ть уси́лиеpriložítʹ usílijeto apply an effort
    приложи́ть зна́нияpriložítʹ znánijaapply one's knowledge
    Imperfectives: прилага́ть (prilagátʹ), прикла́дывать (prikládyvatʹ)
    • 1879, Николай Лесков , “Глава вторая”, in Однодум; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Singlemind, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Разви́тие Рыжо́ва бы́ло уже́ соверше́нно зако́нчено, и наступа́ло вре́мя де́ятельности, в кото́рой он мог приложи́ть пра́вила, со́зданные им себе́ на библе́йском гру́нте.
      Razvítije Ryžóva býlo užé soveršénno zakónčeno, i nastupálo vrémja déjatelʹnosti, v kotóroj on mog priložítʹ právila, sózdannyje im sebé na bibléjskom grúnte.
      Ryzhov’s development was now completely finished, and the time for action was coming, in which he could apply the rules he had created for himself on a biblical ground.
  4. (colloquial) to smack, to whack
    Imperfective: прилага́ть (prilagátʹ)

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