v. arch. [f. L. appropinquāt- ppl. stem of appropinquā-re to draw nigh to, f. ap- = ad- to + propinquā-re, f. propinqu-us neighboring, f. prope nigh, near.]
1. intr. To come near to; to approach.
1623. in Cockeram.
1642. Bridge, Wound. Consc. Cured, v. 34. Neither herein … doe we appropinquate to the Popish doctrine.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 145. Liquid and humid [herbs] … appropinquating to heat, are brought to their pristine state.
1873. Lytton, K. Chillingly, IV. v. (1875), 238. That party to which Mivers professed—not to belong—but to appropinquate.
† 2. trans. To bring near or close. Obs. rare.
1646. J. Hall, Horæ Vac., 115. ’Tis great art … to appropinquate things remote.
