Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Address \Ad*dress"\, v. t.

   {To address the ball} (Golf), to take aim at the ball,
      adjusting the grip on the club, the attitude of the body,
      etc., to a convenient position. Adenoid \Ad"e*noid\, n.
   (Med.)
   A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in
   the roof of the pharynx; -- usually in pl.

Address \Ad*dress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Addressed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Addressing}.] [OE. adressen to raise erect, adorn,
   OF. adrecier, to straighten, address, F. adresser, fr. [`a]
   (L. ad) + OF. drecier, F. dresser, to straighten, arrange.
   See {Dress}, v.]
   1. To aim; to direct. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

            And this good knight his way with me addrest.
                                                  --Spenser.

   2. To prepare or make ready. [Obs.]

            His foe was soon addressed.           --Spenser.

            Turnus addressed his men to single fight. --Dryden.

            The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the
            noise of the bridegroom's coming.     --Jer. Taylor.

   3. Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill
      or energies (to some object); to betake.

            These men addressed themselves to the task.
                                                  --Macaulay.

   4. To clothe or array; to dress. [Archaic]

            Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel.
                                                  --Jewel.

   5. To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as
      a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).

            The young hero had addressed his players to him for
            his assistance.                       --Dryden.

   6. To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether
      spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech,
      petition, etc., to speak to; to accost.

            Are not your orders to address the senate?
                                                  --Addison.

            The representatives of the nation addressed the
            king.                                 --Swift.

   7. To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to
      direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.

   8. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.

   9. (Com.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as
      agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant
      in Baltimore.

   {To address one's self to}.
      (a) To prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to.
      (b) To direct one's speech or discourse to.

Address \Ad*dress"\, v. i.
   1. To prepare one's self. [Obs.] ``Let us address to tend on
      Hector's heels.'' --Shak.

   2. To direct speech. [Obs.]

            Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest.
                                                  --Dryden.

   Note: The intransitive uses come from the dropping out of the
         reflexive pronoun.

Address \Ad*dress\, n. [Cf. F. adresse. See {Address}, v. t.]
   1. Act of preparing one's self. [Obs.] --Jer Taylor.

   2. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal
      application.

   3. A formal communication, either written or spoken; a
      discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a
      petition; a formal statement on some subject or special
      occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the
      voters.

   4. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name,
      title, and place of residence of the person addressed.

   5. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of
      pleasing or insinuating address.

   6. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. --Addison.

   7. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.

   Syn: Speech; discourse; harangue; oration; petition; lecture;
        readiness; ingenuity; tact; adroitness.

Source : WordNet®

address
     v 1: speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" [syn:
          {turn to}]
     2: give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of
        trustees" [syn: {speak}]
     3: put an address on (an envelope, for example) [syn: {direct}]
     4: direct a question at someone
     5: address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts
        towards something, such as a question
     6: greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always
        addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him
        by first name" [syn: {call}]
     7: access or locate by address
     8: deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression;
        "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of
        Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of
        China" [syn: {cover}, {treat}, {handle}, {plow}, {deal}]
     9: speak to someone [syn: {accost}, {come up to}]
     10: adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation fo hitting
     [also: {addrest}]

address
     n 1: (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of
          information is stored [syn: {computer address}]
     2: the place where a person or organization can be found or
        communicated with
     3: the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an
        audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
        [syn: {speech}]
     4: the manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in
        his manner of address to the captain"
     5: a sign in front of a house or business carrying the
        conventional form by which its location is described
     6: written directions for finding some location; written on
        letters or packages that are to be delivered to that
        location [syn: {destination}, {name and address}]
     7: the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a
        golf ball
     8: social skill [syn: {savoir-faire}]
     [also: {addrest}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

address
     
        1.  {e-mail address}.
     
        2.  {Internet address}.
     
        3.  {MAC address}.
     
        4.  An unsigned integer used to select
        one fundamental element of storage, usually known as a {word}
        from a computer's {main memory} or other storage device.  The
        {CPU} outputs addresses on its {address bus} which may be
        connected to an {address decoder}, {cache controller}, {memory
        management unit}, and other devices.
     
        While from a hardware point of view an address is indeed an
        integer most {strongly typed} programming languages disallow
        mixing integers and addresses, and indeed addresses of
        different data types.  This is a fine example for {syntactic
        salt}: the compiler could work without it but makes writing
        bad programs more difficult.
     
        (1997-07-01)