All 6 Uses of
approach
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- He gave his friend a few seconds to recover his composure, and then approached the question he had come to put.
p. 14..4 (definition 1) *approached = began talking about
- Small sounds carried far; domestic sounds out of the houses were clearly audible on either side of the roadway; and the rumour of the approach of any passenger preceded him by a long time.
p. 16..9 (definition 2)approach = coming
- But he made straight for the door, crossing the roadway to save time; and as he came, he drew a key from his pocket like one approaching home.†
p. 17..7 (definition 2)
- He paused and put his hand to his throat, and I could see, in spite of his collected manner, that he was wrestling against the approaches of the hysteria—
p. 78..1 (definition 2) *approaches = coming
- Had I approached my discovery in a more noble spirit, had I risked the experiment while under the empire of generous or pious aspirations, all must have been otherwise, and from these agonies of death and birth, I had come forth an angel instead of a fiend.
p. 89..0 (definition 3) *approached = handled (done something in a particular manner)
- Into the details of the infamy at which I thus connived (for even now I can scarce grant that I committed it) I have no design of entering; I mean but to point out the warnings and the successive steps with which my chastisement approached.
p. 92..1 (definition 2)approached = got near
Definitions:
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(1) (approach as in: approached her with the proposal) to begin communication with someone about something -- often a proposal or a delicate topic
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(2) (approach as in: approached the city) to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
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(3) (approach as in: use the best approach) a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place