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Definition of proach in US English:
proach
(also 'proach)
verb
rare, archaic, poetic1no object To approach, come near.
2with object To approach (a person or thing). Now chiefly US informal.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Henry Lovelich (fl. 1450), poet. Aphetic from approach.
