She plied him with liquor.
He plied his trade as carpenter for forty-three years.
He proposed to build 'Deep Purple' a super-computer capable of 24-ply look-ahead for chess.
You may be sure, in the ply I was now taking, I had no objection to the proposal, and was rather a-tiptoe for its accomplishment.
ply the seven seas.
He plied his ax with bloody results.