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Definition of Approaching

1. Noun. The event of one object coming closer to another.

2. Adjective. Of the relatively near future. "The upcoming spring fashions"

3. Noun. The temporal property of becoming nearer in time. "The approach of winter"

4. Noun. The act of drawing spatially closer to something. "The hunter's approach scattered the geese"

Definition of Approaching

1. 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.

Definition of Approaching

1. Adjective. That approaches or approach. ¹

2. Adverb. Nearly. ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of approach) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Approaching

1. approach [v] - See also: approach

Medical Definition of Approaching

1. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Approaching

approach path approach pattern approach shot approach shots approach trench approachabilities approachability approachable approachableness approached

approacher approachers approaches approachest approacheth approaching approachless approachment approacht approbate

approbated approbates approbating approbation approbations approbative approbativeness approbator approbators approbatory

Literary usage of Approaching

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... puts spell on him and he sinks on bank R. Puck chuckles, then sees Helena approaching from L. ..."

2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"could give them their cautions more seasonably, to wit, even when the danger was nigh the approaching. What cautions Christian and his companion had ..."

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