GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Approach, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Approached; p. pr. & vb. n. Approaching.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF. approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw near, prope near.]
   To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
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   Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city?
   2 Sam. xi. 20.
   
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   But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
   Heb. x. 25.
   
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   To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
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   Approach, v. t.
   To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. [Archaic]
   Boyle.
   
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   To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.
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   He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer.
   Temple.
   
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   (Mil.) To take approaches to.
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   Approach, n. [Cf. F. approche. See Approach, v. i.]
   The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. “The approach of summer.” 
   Horsley.
   
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   A nearer approach to the human type.
   Owen.
   
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   A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
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   The approach to kings and principal persons.
   Bacon.
   
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   pl. Movements to gain favor; advances.
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   A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
   Macaulay.
   
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   pl. (Fort.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
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   (Hort.) See Approaching.
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   (Golf) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.
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   (Aviation) that part of a flight during which an airplane descends toward the landing strip.
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   (Bowling) the steps taken by a bowler just before delivering the ball toward the pins.
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