Definition of approach

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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..

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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..
Abord :: Abord (v. t.) To approach; to accost.
Approach :: Approach (v. i.) See Approaching.
Approximative :: Approximative (a.) Approaching; approximate.
Alarmed :: Alarmed (a.) Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty..
Approach :: Approach (v. t.) To take approaches to.
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..
Approach :: Approach (v. t.) To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
Alarm :: Alarm (n.) A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy..
Ablactation :: Ablactation (n.) The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach..
Watchdog :: Watchdog (n.) A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders..
Approaching :: Approaching (n.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach..
Prismoid :: Prismoid (n.) A body that approaches to the form of a prism.
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..
Stalk :: Stalk (v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover..
Ditch :: Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse..
Whitish :: Whitish (a.) Somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree.
Approachability :: Approachability (n.) The quality of being approachable; approachableness.
Reapproach :: Reapproach (v. i. & t.) To approach again or anew.
Trou-de-loup :: Trou-de-loup (n.) A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes..
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