coapply

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verb

To apply together with something else

“These two principles coapply in this case.”

OriginEnglish apply ← Middle English aplien ← Old French applier →
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Meanings

verbcoapply (third-person singular simple present coapplies, present participle coapplying, simple past and past participle coapplied)

present singular third person coapplies · participle present coapplying · participle past coapplied · past coapplied

  1. ambitransitiveTo apply together with something else

    These two principles coapply in this case.

    1 more example

    The farmer coapplied fertilizer and herbicide to the field.

Origin

  1. Englishco-
  2. Latinapplicō
  3. Old Frenchapplier
  4. Middle Englishaplien
  5. Englishapply
  6. Englishcoapply

From co- + apply.

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Cite this entry
APA

coapply. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coapply

MLA

“coapply.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coapply. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coapply,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coapply.

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