English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Approach (v. i.)

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

Approachability (n.)

The quality of being approachable; approachableness.

Approachable (a.)

Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.

Approachableness (n.)

The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.

Approached (imp. & p. p.)

of Approach

Approacher (n.)

One who approaches.

Approaching (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Approach

Approaching (n.)

The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.

Approachless (a.)

Impossible to be approached.

Approachment (n.)

Approach.

Approbate (a.)

Approved.

Approbate (v. t.)

To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.

Approbation (n.)

Probation or novitiate.

Approbation (n.)

The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.

Approbation (n.)

Proof; attestation.

Approbative (a.)

Approving, or implying approbation.

Approbativeness (n.)

The quality of being approbative.

Approbativeness (n.)

Love of approbation.

Approbator (n.)

One who approves.

Approbatory (a.)

Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory.