Ap*prox"i*mate (#), a. [L. approximatus, p. p. of approximare to approach; ad + proximare to come near. See Proximate.]
1.
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
2.
Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.
Approximate quantities Math., those which are nearly, but not, equal.
© Webster 1913.
Ap*prox"i*mate (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Approximated (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Approximating.]
1.
To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature.
Burke.
2.
To come near to; to approach.
The telescope approximates perfection.
J. Morse.
© Webster 1913.
Ap*prox"i*mate, v. i.
To draw; to approach.
© Webster 1913.