appropinquate
intransitive verb
ap·pro·pin·quate
ˌaprəˈpiŋ‧ˌkwāt
-ed/-ing/-s
archaic
: approach
appropinquation noun
ˌaprəˌpiŋ‧ˈkwāshən
plural -s
Word History
Etymology
Latin appropinquatus, past participle of appropinquare to approach, from ad- + propinquare to approach, from propinquus near