Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of approaching; approach; affinity; resemblance in trait or character.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic Approach.
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- noun archaic
approach
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Examples
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Must initiate its 'own' theoretical approachment instead of inciting a name to itself.
Equality and the Liberal Democrats… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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What I mean by this, is when one is in the act of enunciating the practicality (lib-dem) that is 'already' obtained in the approachment (Women-Education-Environment).
Equality and the Liberal Democrats… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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His first actions of “bipartisanship” approachment was to renominate Bolton, also Ken Tomlinson, and now nine previously rejected judges.
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Just look at the recent re-approachment with Vietnam.
Lean Left » Blog Archive » Why Do the Terrorist Use the Tactics They Do? 2006
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It would be blind policy for both of us not to take into account the approachment of our countries in their economic move to the new areas -- in the Soviet Union to the East and North and in Canada to the West and North.
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This was a step in the approachment of Separatist and
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut Maria Louise Greene
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-- General approachment of Puritans and Separatists in their ideas of church polity.
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut Maria Louise Greene
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The legal recognition of conscience, the acknowledgment of fundamental dogmas held in common, the gradual approachment of the various religious organizations in polity, their common interest in education and good government, would seem to furnish grounds for such mutual esteem that the government would willingly do away with the objectionable certificates.
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut Maria Louise Greene
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We, in England, would like very much to work toward an Anglo-German approachment.
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In these discussions they explored each other's intelligence, came to a mental approachment, a cold, clear respect for each other's capacity and experience.
The Leopard Woman Stewart Edward White 1909
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