Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To approach.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb obsolete See approach.

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Examples

  • Now she explained the likely goblin organization and ap - proach.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • But their lower maintenance costs and sustainable ap-proach to exhibitions might mean few-er traditional museums created in the future.

    Now You See It 2009

  • Customize Your A.proach To boost your odds of landing job interviews, take the time to customize cover letters for every employer you target -- and show you know more about a firm than what's on its Web site, recommends D.A. Hayden, a partner at Hayden-Wilder, a Boston-based provider of counseling services to first-time job applicants.

    Job-Market Strategies for Graduates 2008

  • To be able to look down from the elevation of thirty years, my principles fixed, and to have no capital folly to re-proach myself with, what a happiness would that be

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • Instead, he smiled encouragingly and beckoned for Imam to ap-proach.

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • Tightly bound, secured to the wall, and pretubed for jump, Riddick did not look up at Toombs's ap-proach.

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • She had to angle her ap-proach just right so that, when the tractor beam was activated, she'd be able to divert the meteorite to the lake in question.

    Demons Of Air And Darkness DeCandido, Keith R. A. 2001

  • 'I thought British companies were adopting a more casual ap proach.'

    Rome's Revenge Craven, Sara 2001

  • "True, she fell, but her horse stood guard over her," said an - other, "and struck out with lashing hooves at any who dared ap - proach."

    Dragons of a Fallen Sun Weis, Margaret 2000

  • They sent patients to her suffering from horrible contagious diseases, patients the healers themselves feared to ap - proach.

    Dragons of a Fallen Sun Weis, Margaret 2000

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  • Has anyone ever proached the object, subjectively?

    March 14, 2012

  • broach:proach

    November 8, 2019