Ap·proach, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Approached; p. pr. & vb. n. Approaching.]
1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? --2 Sam. xi. 20.
But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. --Heb. x. 25.
2. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.