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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROXIME

a.Next; immediately. [Not used. ]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROXIME

Prox "ime, a. Etym: [L. proximus. See Proximate. ]

Defn: Next; immediately preceding or following. [Obs. ]

New American Oxford Dictionary

proxime accessit

proxime accessit |ˌprɒksɪmeɪ akˈsɛsɪt, -mi | ▶noun used to name the person who comes second in an examination or is runner-up for an award: winner: J. W. Wright; proxime accessit: T. G. Broadbent. ORIGIN Latin, literally ‘came very near ’.

Oxford Dictionary

proxime accessit

proxime accessit |ˌprɒksɪmeɪ akˈsɛsɪt, -mi | ▶noun used to name the person who comes second in an examination or is runner-up for an award: winner: J. W. Wright; proxime accessit: T. G. Broadbent. ORIGIN Latin, literally ‘came very near ’.