intransitive. To approach closely (a quality). Obsolete. rare.
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] > approach, approximate, or border upon (8) to stand by ——?1527 intransitive. To approach closely (a quality). Obsolete. rare. to prick near1565 intransitive. to prick fast upon and variants: to approach closely (a time or age); to prick near: to approach closely (an attainment or… board1596 transitive. To border on, approach; intransitive to lie close by, border upon. touch?1614 intransitive with on and transitive. To approach closely in terms of quality, character, etc.; to verge on. In intransitive use, formerly also at, to… approximate1671 transitive. To bring close or near, to cause to approach or be near (to). Rarely, and chiefly in scientific language, of physical motion (as of… approacha1699 To come near in quality, character, or state; to be nearly equal. transitive. neighbour1859 transitive. literary. To come near to, to approach. to teeter on the brink1937 intransitive. Also figurative, esp. in to teeter on the brink and variant. |
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