appropinquationn.
/ˌaprəʊpɪŋˈkweɪʃən/ 1. The action of coming near, approach.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > drawing near
neighlechingOE
nigh-comingc1384
nighing1395
appropinquationa1631
approximation1646
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 313 He gave him a Rapture..and in that, an appropinquation, an approximation to himselfe.
1636 J. Evelyn Mem. App. I. 423 At the appropinquation of the King..the Vice-Chancellor spoke a speech.
1671 J. Wallis in Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2074 The Earth and Moon's Appropinquation and Elongation.
1842 A. De Morgan Differential & Integral Calculus 412 The appropinquation of the straight lines.
2. The action of bringing into contiguity. rare.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity > bringing into contiguity
touchingc1390
apposition?1541
application1562
abutment1859
appropinquation1864
1864 T. Trollope Lindisf. Chase II. 149 The ants too..evidently communicate intelligence..by the appropinquation of noses.
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