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English Dictionary: approximate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
approximate adj not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" Synonym(s): approximate, approximative, rough very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness" Synonym(s): approximate, near located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united" Synonym(s): approximate, close together(p) v be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" [syn: approximate, come close] judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" Synonym(s): estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approximate \Approx"imate\, v. i. To draw; to approach.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approximate \Approx"imate\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approximate \Approx"imate\, 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.