Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In horticulture, the act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another without cutting it from the parent stock. Also called
inarching and grafting by approach.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Hort.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also,
inarching andgrafting by approach .
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- adjective That approaches or approach.
- adverb
Nearly . - verb Present participle of
approach .
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- noun the event of one object coming closer to another
- noun the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
- noun the act of drawing spatially closer to something
- adjective of the relatively near future
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Examples
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{82} The female Sun, seeing the term approaching, and many of those punished, whom she had charged to acquaint the Governor, resolved to speak to the Under-Lieutenant; but to no better purpose, the
History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz
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Andy Robinson, Scotland's coach, looked on with an expression approaching anger as his tight five crumbled.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The term approaching nearest thereto that we can find, is _M'cheejacmih_, which signifies _Shade_, and may be construed something in the nature of the _Manes_ of the Romans.
An Account of the Customs and Manners of the Micmakis and Maricheets Savage Nations, Now Dependent on the Government of Cape-Breton Antoine Simon Maillard 1736
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German Team PokerStars Pro Ben Kang would find himself in the hunt for the title approaching hour number eight but lost a bundle of chips to winemo as the two starting betting at a
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Ahmateahza or the Missouri, which they described as approaching very near to the Columbia.
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"With the end of the term approaching, we are quite disorganized, we do not have a dean, and the English department does not have a chairman.
Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet Kemelman, Harry 1976
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The problem of authority never escapes anyone who is intellectually honest and I believe that many of the modern Evangelical leaders are more honest in approaching the problem than most have been since the Reformation.
Fr. Robert Barron on Protestantism, authority, and Cardinal Newman 2009
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Perhaps most striking is his humility in approaching the Theology of the Body and the great desire he has to reach broken humanity with this liberating message.
Pope John Paul II 2009
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Here is a list of things that will help in approaching the job without a big fuss or a panic:
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Perhaps most striking is his humility in approaching the Theology of the Body and the great desire he has to reach broken humanity with this liberating message.
Dr. Michael Waldstein: "West's work is uncompromisingly in line with the Church's faith." 2009
hernesheir commented on the word approaching
Horticulture: inarching, a method of grafting.
March 29, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word approaching
Oh, okay. I've been meaning to make a grafting list anyway.
March 29, 2011