Definition of approaching

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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..

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Maroon :: Maroon (n.) A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple..
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..
Skyish :: Skyish (a.) Like the sky, or approaching the sky; lofty; ethereal..
Orpin :: Orpin (n.) A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, approaching also to red..
Maturing :: Maturing (a.) Approaching maturity; as, maturing fruits; maturing notes of hand..
Vergency :: Vergency (n.) The act of verging or approaching; tendency; approach.
Coming :: Coming (a.) Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition..
Alarmed :: Alarmed (a.) Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty..
Low :: Low (adv.) In time approaching our own.
Turret :: Turret (n.) A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries..
Fog :: Fog (n.) Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground, and from mist in not approaching so nearly to fine rain. See Cloud..
Warn :: Warn (v. t.) To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious..
Rhomboidal :: Rhomboidal (a.) Having, or approaching, the shape of a rhomboid..
As :: As (adv. & conj.) Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).
Cylindraceous :: Cylindraceous (a.) Cylindrical, or approaching a cylindrical form..
Converging :: Converging (a.) Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines..
Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.
Olive :: Olive (a.) Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green..
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..
Approximate :: Approximate (a.) Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
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