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▪ I. † proˈpinquate, ppl. a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. propinquāt-us brought near, pa. pple. of propinqu-āre: see prec.] Immediate, proximate.
1665J. Gadbury Lond. Deliv. Predicted Concl. 40 The shutting up of People in a time of Sickness..is no small propinquate cause..of the increase of the Contagion. 1683― in Wharton's Wks. Pref., Aptly..distinguished into Causes Remote, and Propinquate. ▪ II. † proˈpinquate, v. Obs. rare—0. [f. ppl. stem of L. propinquāre to bring near, to draw near.]
1623Cockeram, Propinquate, to approach. |