Approaching
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (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): (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Approach
King James Dictionary [2]
Approaching, ppr. Drawing nearer advancing nearer.