Definition of approach

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Approach (v. i.) A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access..

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Approachable :: Approachable (a.) Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue..
Nightward :: Nightward (a.) Approaching toward night.
Threaten :: Threaten (v. t.) To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death..
Ablactation :: Ablactation (n.) The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach..
Estacade :: Estacade (n.) A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy..
Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..
Meet :: Meet (v. t.) To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking..
Proach :: Proach (v. i.) See Approach.
Abord :: Abord (v. t.) To approach; to accost.
Outguard :: Outguard (n.) A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended..
Induce :: Induce (v. t.) To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state..
Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism..
Approach :: Approach (v. t.) 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..
Coast :: Coast (n.) To draw or keep near; to approach.
Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army..
Arrival :: Arrival (n.) An approach.
Nigh :: Nigh (v. t. & i.) To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.
Converging :: Converging (a.) Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines..
Appropinquate :: Appropinquate (v. i.) To approach.
Appropinquation :: Appropinquation (n.) A drawing nigh; approach.
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