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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Approach \Ap*proach"\, v. t. 1. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. [Archaic] --Boyle. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. --Temple. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mil.) To take approaches to. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Approach \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. [1913 Webster] A nearer approach to the human type. --Owen. [1913 Webster] 2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near. [1913 Webster] The approach to kings and principal persons. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. pl. Movements to gain favor; advances. [1913 Webster] 4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 5. pl. (Fort.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post. [1913 Webster] 6. (Hort.) See {Approaching}. [1913 Webster] 7. (Golf) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 8. (Aviation) that part of a flight during which an airplane descends toward the landing strip. [PJC] 9. (Bowling) the steps taken by a bowler just before delivering the ball toward the pins. [PJC.] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Approach \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. [1913 Webster] Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? --2 Sam. xi. 20. [1913 Webster] But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. --Heb. x. 25. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: approach n 1: ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided" [syn: {approach}, {attack}, {plan of attack}] 2: the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" [syn: {approach}, {approaching}, {coming}] 3: a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" [syn: {access}, {approach}] 4: the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing [syn: {approach path}, {approach}, {glide path}, {glide slope}] 5: the event of one object coming closer to another [syn: {approach}, {approaching}] 6: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: {overture}, {advance}, {approach}, {feeler}] 7: the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter" [syn: {approach}, {approaching}, {coming}] 8: a close approximation; "the nearest approach to genius" 9: a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green" [syn: {approach}, {approach shot}] v 1: move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" [syn: {approach}, {near}, {come on}, {go up}, {draw near}, {draw close}, {come near}] 2: come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz" [syn: {border on}, {approach}] 3: begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" [syn: {set about}, {go about}, {approach}] 4: come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" [syn: {approach}, {come near}] 5: make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"