Ap*proach", 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.]
1.
To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city?
2 Sam. xi. 20.
But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Heb. x. 25.
2.
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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Ap*proach", v. t.
1.
To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. [Archaic] Boyle.
2.
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.
He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer.
Temple.
3. (Mil.)
To take approaches to.
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Ap*proach", n. [Cf. F. approche. See Approach, v. i.]
1.
The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. "The approach of summer." Horsley.
A nearer approach to the human type.
Owen.
2.
A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
The approach to kings and principal persons.
Bacon.
3. pl.
Movements to gain favor; advances.
4.
A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. Macaulay.
5. pl. (Fort.)
The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
6. (Hort.)
See Approaching.
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Ap*proach", n. (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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