ADDRESS, or Appress, a discourse presented to the King, in the name of a considerable body of his people;to express or notify their sentiments of joy, satisfaction, or the like, on some extraordinary occasion.
Thus, we say, the Lords Address, the Commons Address.Addresses were first set on foot under the administration of Oliver Cromwell.
The word is French, Adresse, formed from the verb adresser, to send or direct anything to a person. At Paris, their office of intelligence is called Bureau d'Adresse.
Address is also used for dexterity. See DEXTERITY.
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