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• ܘܰܥܕ݁ܳܐ
• ܩܽܘܪܳܒ݂ܳܐ
• ܩܰܪܺܝܒ݂ܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ
• ἀπρόσιτος
• ἐγγίζω
• πληρόω
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• בּוֹא , לָבֹא
• נָגַשׁ
• סָלַק , עָלָה
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APPROACH, The Latin proximus contains the root, but the word, in the positive degree, is not found in the Latin. It is from a root in class Brg, signifying to drive, move, or press toward.

1. To come or go near, in place to draw near to advance nearer.

Wherefore approached ye so nigh the city? 2 Samuel 11 .

2. To draw near in time.

And so much the more as ye see the day approac. Hebrews 10 .

3. To draw near, in a figurative sense to advance near to a point aimed at, in science, literature, government, morals, &c. to approximate as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

4. To draw near in duty, as in prayer or worship.

They take delight in approaching to God. Isaiah 51 .

APPROACH,

1. To come near to as, Pope approaches Virgil in smoothness of versification. This use of the word is elliptical, to being omitted, so that the verb can hardly be said to be transitive. The old use of the word, as "approach the hand to the handle," is not legitimate.

2. To have access carnally. Leviticus 18 .

3. In gardening, to ingraft a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock.

APPROACH, n

1. The act of drawing near a coming or advancing near as, he was aprised of the enemy's approach.

2. Access as, the approach to kings.

3. In fortification, not only the advances of an army are called approaches, but the works thrown up by the beseigers, to protect them in their advances towards a fortress.