(1) - Approaching (n.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach. (2) - Approaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Approach
(1) - Approbation (n.) Probation or novitiate. (2) - Approbation (n.) The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation. (3) - Approbation (n.) Proof; attestation.