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approach

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Δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσωGive me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth.

Archimedes

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verb transitive

or absol. P. and V. προσέρχομαι, προσέρχεσθαι (πρός, acc., or V. dat. without prep.), προσβαίνειν (dat.), πλησιάζειν (dat.), προσμιγνύναι (dat.), ἐπέρχεσθαι (dat.), P. προσχωρεῖν (dat.), προσμίσγειν (πρός, acc.), Ar. and V. προσέρπειν (dat.), V. πελάζειν (dat.) (also Xen. but rare P.), πλησιάζεσθαι (dat.), προσμολεῖν (2nd aor. of προσβλώσκειν) (dat.), χρίμπτεσθαι (dat.), ἐγχρίμπτειν (dat.), ἐμπελάζειν or pass. (gen. or dat.), ἐπιστείχειν (acc.); also absol., V. προσστείχειν.

make to approach: V. πελάζειν (acc. and dat.), χρίμπτειν (acc. and dat.).

approach, apply to, a person: P. and V. ἐπέρχεσθαι (acc.), προσέρχομαι, προσέρχεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.).

approach (with prayers): V. μετέρχεσθαι (acc.).

substantive

Ar. and P. πρόσοδος, ἡ, V. ἐπείσοδος, ἡ, προσβολή, ἡ.

means of approach, access: P. and V. εἴσοδος, ἡ, πρόσβασις, ἡ, Ar. and P. πρόσοδος, ἡ, P. ἔφοδος, ἡ, προσβολή, ἡ.

Translations

noun

Arabic: اِقْتِرَاب‎‎, مُقَارَبَة‎; Belarusian: набліжэ́нне, прыбліжэ́нне; Bulgarian: приближаване; Catalan: apropament, aproximació; Chinese Mandarin: 接近; Czech: přiblížení; Dutch: aantocht, benadering, komst; Esperanto: alproksimiĝo, proksimiĝo; Finnish: lähestyminen; French: approche; German: Annäherung; Greek: προσέγγιση; Ancient Greek: ἔφοδος, πρόσοδος‎, πόσοδος‎, πόθοδος‎; Irish: ionsaí; Italian: approccio, avvicinamento, contatto; Japanese: アプローチ, 接近; Korean: 접근; Latin: accessus; Macedonian: приближување; Norwegian: tilstundelse; Bokmål: tilnærmelse, tilnærming; Nynorsk: tilnærming; Polish: nadejście, podejście, zbliżenie; Portuguese: aproximação; Russian: приближение; Slovak: priblíženie, približovanie; Slovene: bližanje, približevanje; Spanish: acercamiento, aproximación, llegada; Ukrainian: наближення