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Definition of Approached
1. approach [v] - See also: approach
Lexicographical Neighbors of Approached
Literary usage of Approached
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"When a young man wished to marry he approached the missionary, who would direct
him to make the selection, and if the girl consented the pair were married ..."
2. Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott (1895)
"When Coeur-de-Lion and his retinue approached this rude yet stately building, it
was not, as at present, surrounded by external fortifications. ..."
3. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"At length they approached Stratus, which is the largest city in Acarnania, thinking
that, if they could take it, the other places would soon come over to ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... increasing in velocity as the center is approached. There is further a strong
updraft, a great decrease of pressure in the center, and the cloud column ..."