Ap*proach" , n. (Golf) A stroke whose object is to
land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron
club.
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.
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.
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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