单词 | appropinquate |
释义 | appropinquatev. archaic. 1. intransitive. To come near to; to approach. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > draw near neighlecheeOE i-nehleche971 to draw nearc1330 to nigh nighc1330 nighle1340 to-neighea1382 nigha1387 to draw nigh?a1400 nighena1400 to nigh neara1400 to draw ona1450 neara1522 to close about, on, round, upon1523 accost1571 anear1582 anigh1594 proach1600 appropinquate1623 to close in1704 1623 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. 1643 W. Bridge Wovnded Conscience Cvred v. 34 Neither herein..doe we appropinquate to the Popish doctrine. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iv, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. T4 Liquid and humid [herbs]..appropinquating to heat, are thereby brought to their pristine state. 1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton Kenelm Chillingly II. iv. v. 242 That party to which Mivers professed—not to belong..but to appropinquate. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > bring near approach?1541 neighbour1594 appropinquate1646 approximate1671 near1849 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 115 'Tis great art..to appropinquate things remote. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1623 |
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