- 4. Resemble closely, come very near to, be much like, almost equal.
Approach, n.
- 1. Advance, advent, coming, drawing near.
- 2. Approximation, nearing, tendency, conver gence.
- 3. [In pl.] Wily addresses, insidious overtures.
- 4. Entrance, way, adit, path. See access.
- 5. Access, admittance, admission.
Approachable, a. Accessible.
Approbate, v. a. See praise.
Approbation, n.
- 1. Approval, praise, commendation, good opinion, favorable opinion, liking.
- 2. Support, concurrence, assent, consent, sanction, ratification, indorsement.
Appropriate, v. a.
- 1. Adopt, take to one’s self, take as one’s own, apply to one’s own uses.
- 2. Assign, apportion, allot, set apart, devote.
- 3. Apply, use, employ, convert.
Appropriate, a. Adapted, fit, fitting, befitting, apt, pat (colloq.), suitable, proper, becoming, due, seemly, agreeable, conformable, congruous, germane, convenient, pertinent, apposite, felicitous, applicable, apropos, to the point, to the purpose.
Appropriateness, n. Suitableness, fitness, propriety, aptness, appositeness, pertinency, relevancy, felicity, applicability. See pertinence.
Appropriation, n.
- 1. Seizure, capture, taking, taking to one’s self.
- 2. Application, (to a particular use), assignment, devotion, allotment.