1. (a.) Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

2. (a.) Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.

3. (v. t.) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

4. (v. t.) To come near to; to approach.

5. (v. i.) To draw; to approach.

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