approach

approach [-d, -ing] v

OFr < L. ad + propi-āre, draw near.

1. Advance towards; enter into; come near to.
2. Approximate; emulate; follow; keep pace with.

approach n

see approach, v.

1. Advancing; proceeding; coming near; going forward into; [fig.] death; entering the grave; becoming a citizen of a cemetery.