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Ap*prize", v. t. [The same as Appraise, only more accommodated to the English form of the L. pretiare.] To appraise; to value; to appreciate.

Ap*prize"ment, n. Appraisement.

Ap*priz"er, n. 1. An appraiser.

2. (Scots Law) A creditor for whom an appraisal is made. Sir W. Scott.

Ap*proach", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Approached; p. pr. & vb. n. Approaching.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF. approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw near, prope near.] 1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? 2 Sam. xi. 20.

But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Heb. x. 25.

2. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

Ap*proach", v. t. 1. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. [Archaic] 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.

Ap*proach", n. [Cf. F. approche. See Approach, v. i.] 1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. "The approach of summer." Horsley.

A nearer approach to the human type. Owen.

2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near.

The approach to kings and principal persons. Bacon.

3. pl. Movements to gain favor; advances.

4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. Macaulay.

5. pl. (Fort.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

6. (Hort.) See Approaching.

Ap*proach`a*bil"i*ty (&?;), n. The quality of being approachable; approachableness.

Ap*proach"a*ble (&?;), a. Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.

Ap*proach"a*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.

Ap*proach"er (&?;), n. One who approaches.

Ap*proach"ing, n. (Hort.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.

Ap*proach"less, a. Impossible to be approached.

Ap*proach"ment (&?;), n. [Cf. F. approachement.] Approach. [Archaic] Holland.

Ap"pro*bate (&?;), a. [L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve.] Approved. [Obs.] Elyot.