Approach

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To take approaches to.

II. Approach ·vi Movements to gain favor; advances.

III. Approach ·vi ·see Approaching.

IV. Approach ·vi A access, or opportunity of drawing near.

V. Approach ·vi The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.

VI. Approach ·vi To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

VII. Approach ·vt To bring near; to cause to draw near; to Advance.

VIII. Approach ·add. ·noun A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.

IX. Approach ·vi A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an Access.

X. Approach ·vi The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

XI. Approach ·vt 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.

XII. Approach ·vi To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to Approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.