A girl, closely Approximating to womanhood, largely framed, and finely developed-in arms, limbs, bust, and body, exhibiting those oval outlines that indicate the possession of strong passions and powers.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
The Haytian thus analyzed and reduced is a very simple language, Approximating to the primitive and oriental forms, wherein short monosyllables of generic import, formed the base of the speech, and became modified by union and relative position.
"The American Nations, Vol. I."
C. S. Rafinesque
The new south arcade was set out, not in a line with the south-east buttress of the tower, but somewhat to the north of it, so that the buttress is external; while, for the width of the nave, a space Approximating to twice the internal breadth of the tower was taken.
"The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church"
A. Hamilton Thompson