ppl. a. [f. prec. vb. + -ED.] Brought close; nearly reached; approximate.
1789. Morgan, in Phil. Trans., LXXIX. 50. The approximated values of the three joint lives.
1846. Ruskin, Mod. Paint., V. xx. § 23. IV. 368. An approximated perfection.
1847. Hardy, in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, II. 237. Intermediate coxæ approximated.
