Bible Encyclopedia: Ply

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Of Christ's Ascension into Heaven.
... The Gentiles, however, for the most part, set themselves diligently to ply us with
the arguments of the philosophers, to the effect of affirming that there ...
/.../a treatise on faith and the creed /chapter 6 of christs ascension into.htm

Book v. --General Reply to Sundry of Marcion's Heresies.
... Why seek so late? If not his own, why rob. 45 Bandit-like? and why ply with words
unknown. So oft throughout Law's rein a People still. Lingering 'neath the Law ...
/.../book v general reply to sundry.htm

But one Sometimes Comes to a Case of this Kind...
... at the first thou confess that thou know where he is, but will not tell, haply the
inquisitor may be diverted from that place, and begin now to ply thee that ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on lying/section 24 but one sometimes.htm

The Praetorian and the Apostle
... But yesterday I smil'd or frown'd To watch thy audience, soon and late, With scroll
and style embattl'd round In barbarous accents ply debate; While this would ...
/.../moule/philippian studies/the praetorian and the apostle.htm

Morning Hymn
... These are the gains I hold in view And these the arts that I:pursue: These
are the offices I ply When the bright sun mounts up the sky. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/prudentius/the hymns of prudentius/ii morning hymn.htm

John Flavel
... large parish. The period, however, was brief during which he was allowed
to ply such a free and unfettered ministry. Ejected by ...
//christianbookshelf.org/flavel/on keeping the heart/john flavel.htm

Voyage to Benares.
... The result is that the steamers for the north-west (we believe none ply now) had
to make a great detour, to go down the Hoogly to Saugor Island, and then to ...
/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter ii voyage to benares.htm

The Practical Side of Religion
... the busy street that is trodden by a multitude, where flows the constant stream
of traffic; and there, amid the noise and dust and hurry, they ply their trade ...
/.../naylor/heart talks/talk thirty-five the practical side.htm

The Judgment on the City
... splendid oratory did, indeed, command their attention, and they listened to him
so intently that the pickpockets and cutpurses were able to ply their busy ...
/.../chapter vii the judgment on.htm

Journey to Evora
... in crossing the Tagus, at about four o'clock, but on reaching the river's side opposite
Aldea Gallega, between which place and Lisbon they ply, I found that ...
//christianbookshelf.org/borrow/letters of george borrow/journey to evora.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To bend.

2. (v. t.) To lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with drink.

3. (v. t.) To employ diligently; to use steadily.

4. (v. t.) To practice or perform with diligence; to work at.

5. (v. i.) To bend; to yield.

6. (v. i.) To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially, to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth; as, a steamer plies between certain ports.

7. (v. i.) To work to windward; to beat.

8. (n.) A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord.

9. (v.) Bent; turn; direction; bias.

Thesaurus

Ply (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with repeated
acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one with questions, with ...
/p/ply.htm - 8k

Apply (19 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively. 7. (vt) To busy; to
keep at work; to ply. 8. (vt) To visit. ... 11. (vi) To ply; to move. 12. ...
/a/apply.htm - 13k

Urge (34 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion,
or importunity. 3. (vt) To provoke; to exasperate. ...
/u/urge.htm - 15k

Lash (2 Occurrences)
... severity; as, to lash vice. 11. (vi) To ply the whip; to strike; to utter
censure or sarcastic language. 12. (n.) To bind with a ...
/l/lash.htm - 8k

Word (8118 Occurrences)
... (vt) To express in words; to phrase. 11. (vt) To ply with words; also, to cause
to be by the use of a word or words. 12. (vt) To flatter with words; to cajole. ...
/w/word.htm - 16k

Travel (25 Occurrences)
... because in one short hour all this great wealth has been laid waste!' And every
shipmaster and every passenger by sea and the crews and all who ply their trade ...
/t/travel.htm - 14k

Run (147 Occurrences)
... contrary. 20. (v.) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as,
the stage runs between the hotel and the station. 21. (v ...
/r/run.htm - 43k

Enforce (1 Occurrence)
... 6. (vt) To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon. 7. (vi) To attempt by force.
8. (vi) To prove; to evince. 9. (vi) To strengthen; to grow strong. 10. ...
/e/enforce.htm - 7k

Dram
... poison. 4. (n.) A Persian daric. 5. (vi & t.) To drink drams; to ply with
drams. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DRACHMA; DRAM. ...
/d/dram.htm - 8k

Press (57 Occurrences)
... on an audience. 12. (v.) To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on;
to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race. 13. (vi) To ...
/p/press.htm - 46k

Bible Concordance

Ply (3 Occurrences)

Revelation 18:17 because in one short hour all this great wealth has been laid waste!' And every shipmaster and every passenger by sea and the crews and all who ply their trade on the sea,
(WEY)

Isaiah 23:17 And it will be after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will have mercy on Tyre, and she will go back to her trade, acting as a loose woman with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 14:18 If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, those who are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.
(See RSV)

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Ply

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Apply (19 Occurrences)

Urge (34 Occurrences)

Lash (2 Occurrences)

Word (8118 Occurrences)

Travel (25 Occurrences)

Run (147 Occurrences)

Enforce (1 Occurrence)

Dram

Press (57 Occurrences)