单词 | appropinquate |
释义 | appropinquate, v. arch.|æprəʊˈpɪŋkweɪt| [f. L. appropinquāt- ppl. stem of appropinquā-re to draw nigh to, f. ap- = ad- to + propinquā-re, f. propinqu-us neighbouring, f. prope nigh, near.] 1. intr. To come near to; to approach.
1623in Cockeram. 1642Bridge Wound. Consc. Cured v. 34 Neither herein..doe we appropinquate to the Popish doctrine. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 145 Liquid and humid [herbs]..appropinquating to heat, are brought to their pristine state. 1873Lytton K. Chillingly iv. v. (1875) 238 That party to which Mivers professed—not to belong—but to appropinquate. †2. trans. To bring near or close. Obs. rare.
1646J. Hall Horæ Vac. 115 'Tis great art..to appropinquate things remote. |

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