"appropinquate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: appropinquates [present, singular, third-person], appropinquating [participle, present], appropinquated [participle, past], appropinquated [past]
Etymology: From Latin appropinquare (“to approach”), present active infinitive of appropinquō, from ad- ("towards") + propinquō (“draw near”), verbalization of propinquus (“near”); compare prope ("near"). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|appropinquare|t=to approach}} Latin appropinquare (“to approach”), {{l|la|appropinquo|appropinquō}} appropinquō, {{l|la|ad-}} ad-, {{l|la|propinquo|propinquō}} propinquō, {{l|la|prope}} prope Head templates: {{en-verb}} appropinquate (third-person singular simple present appropinquates, present participle appropinquating, simple past and past participle appropinquated)
  1. (rare, literary, transitive, intransitive) To approach; to near. Tags: intransitive, literary, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-appropinquate-en-verb-auV8daEf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Latin links with redundant target parameters

Inflected forms

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