address

(noun): Direction.
(noun): Preparation.
(verb): To prepare oneself.
(verb): To direct speech.
(verb): To aim; to direct.
(verb): To prepare or make ready.
(verb): To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
(verb): To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
(verb): To clothe or array; to dress.
(verb): To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
(verb): 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.
(verb): To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
(verb): To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
(verb): To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
(verb): To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech or discourse to.
(verb): To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
(verb): To refer to a location in computer memory.
(verb): To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).

He addressed some portions of his remarks to his supporters, some to his opponents.
He addressed a letter.
The ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.