LekhoriLekhoriClose or closest; adjacent.
And writing a Theory of the Deluge here, as we do, we were to exhibit a Series of causes whereby it might be made intelligible, or to shew^([sic]) the proximate Natural Causes of it; […]
Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation.
About to take place; impending.
A grammatical marker that distinguishes a relatively salient referent in a given context from a relatively non-salient (obviative) one.
From Late Latin proximatus, past participle of proximare (“to draw near, approach”), from Latin proximus (“nearest”), superlative of prope (“near”).
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