Ap‐proach″, v. t. 1. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. Boyle.
2. To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.
He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer.
Temple.
3. (Mil.) To take approaches to.