come+nearer
71approach — ap•proach [[t]əˈproʊtʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to come nearer to: The car approached the curb[/ex] 2) to come within range for comparison: As a poet he can t approach Keats[/ex] 3) to make contact with: approached the company with an offer[/ex] 4) to begin …
72near*/*/*/ — [nɪə] grammar word I summary: Near can be: ■ a preposition: I lived near the school. ■ an adverb: Come nearer, and I ll tell you the whole story. ■ an adjective: I went into the nearest room. 1) close close to someone or something A group of… …
73approach — /əˈproʊtʃ / (say uh prohch) verb (t) 1. to come nearer or near to: to approach the city. 2. to come near to in quality, character, time, or condition: few can approach Homer as a poet. 3. to bring near to something. 4. to make advances or a… …
74Eschatology of Jehovah's Witnesses — The eschatology of Jehovah s Witnesses is central to their religious beliefs. They believe that Jesus Christ has been ruling in heaven as king since 1914 (a date they believe was prophesied in Scripture), and that after that time a period of… …
75Marian litany — Madonna by Filippo Lippi, an example of Marian art A Marian litany, in Christian worship, is a form of prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary used in church services and processions, and consisting of a number of petitions. In the Eastern Church… …
76Litany of Loreto — • Long article examines the somewhat murky history of the Litany of Loreto. Also information on Marian litanies in general Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Litany of Loreto Litany of Loreto …
77approach — {{11}}approach (n.) mid 15c., from APPROACH (Cf. approach) (v.). Figurative sense of means of handling a problem, etc. is first attested 1905. {{12}}approach (v.) c.1300, from Anglo Fr. approcher, O.Fr. aprochier approach, come closer (12c.,… …
78gain on — phrasal or gain upon 1. archaic : to obtain influence or favor with 2. : to encroach upon where the sea gains on the land 3. a. : to come nearer to by running faste …
79Paul Wittich — (1546 1586) was a Silesian mathematician and astronomer [Owen Gingerich, The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus , Penguin, ISBN 0143034766] whose Capellan geoheliocentric model, in which the inner planets Mercury and …
80Jewish philosophy — Colette Sirat INTRODUCTION The history of medieval Jewish philosophy can be divided into two consecutive periods. The first, beginning in the ninth century and ending roughly with the death of Maimonides in 1204, occurred in Islamic lands. The… …
