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单词 appropinquate
释义

appropinquatev.

/aprəʊˈpɪŋkweɪt/
Etymology: < Latin appropinquāt- participial stem of appropinquāre to draw nigh to, < ap- = ad- to + propinquāre, < propinquus neighbouring, < prope nigh, near.
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.
2. transitive. To bring near or close. Obsolete. rare.
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).
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