2. proxĭmo, āre, v. n. and a. [id.], to come or draw near, to approach, be near (only post-class.; for in Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 112, we should read proxima): dum in vicum proximamus, App. M. 2, p. 169 Oud.; p. 179 Bip.: alicui, Sol. 48: foribus, App. M. 6, p. 389 Oud.: ripam maris, id. ib. 11, p. 785 Oud.: luce proximante, id. ib. 5, p. 332 Oud.: per quam proximamus ad Deum, Vulg. Heb. 7, 19.