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Definition of: proximate
(prok′sə·mit) adjective
Being in immediate relation with something else; next. See synonyms under IMMEDIATE. [<LL proximatus, pp. of proximare come near <L proximus nearest, superl. of prope near]
—prox′i·mate·ly adverb
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