[ad. L. appropinquātiōn-em, f. appropinquāre: see prec.]
1. The action of coming near, approach.
1628. Donne, Serm., xlviii. 476. He gave him a rapture … and in that an appropinquation, an approximation to Himselfe.
1636. Evelyn, Mem., App. I. 423. At the appropinquation of the King … the Vice-Chancellor spoke a speech.
1670. Wallis, in Phil. Trans., V. 2074. The Earth and Moon’s Appropinquation and Elongation.
1842. De Morgan, Calculus, 412. The appropinquation of the straight lines.
2. The action of bringing into contiguity. rare.
1864. T. Trollope, Lindisf. Chase, II. 149. The ants too … evidently communicate intelligence … by the appropinquation of noses.
