Approach \Ap*proach"\, n. (Golf) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.

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Approach \Ap*proach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Approached; p. pr. & vb. n. Approaching.]

[OE. approchen, aprochen, OF. approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw near, prope near.]

1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? --2 Sam. xi. 20.

But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. --Heb. x. 25.

2. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Approach \Ap*proach"\, v. t.

1. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. [Archaic] --Boyle.

2. 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.

He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. --Temple.

3. (Mil.) To take approaches to.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Approach \Ap*proach"\, n. [Cf. F. approche. See Approach, v. i.]

1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. ``The approach of summer.'' --Horsley.

A nearer approach to the human type. --Owen.

2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near.

The approach to kings and principal persons. --Bacon.

3. pl. Movements to gain favor; advances.

4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. --Macaulay.

5. pl. (Fort.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

6. (Hort.) See Approaching.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)