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Approach
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.
(2):
(v. i.) Movements to gain favor; advances.
(3):
(v. i.) A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
(4):
(v. i.) See Approaching.
(5):
(v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
(6):
(v. i.) A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
(7):
(v. i.) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
(8):
(v. i.) The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
(9):
(v. t.) To take approaches to.
(10):
(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.
(11):
(v. t.) To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
(12):
(v. i.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Approach'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/approach.html. 1828.
