accosted

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Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side
Simple past tense and past participle of accost
Simple past and past participle of to accost
accost
Address; greeting
accost
To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of
accost
To adjoin; to lie alongside
accost
To speak to first; to address; to greet

She approached the basin, and bent over it as if to fill her pitcher; she again lifted it to her head. The personage on the well-brink now seemed to accost her; to make some request—She hasted, let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him to drink..

accost
to speak to
accost
{v} to address, speak first to, salute
Accost
approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
Accost
speak to someone
accost
disapproval If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening. A man had accosted me in the street. to go towards someone you do not know and speak to them in an unpleasant or threatening way
accost
To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request
accost
To approach; to make up to
accost
{f} approach, confront, waylay (often aggressively); solicit, proposition
accosted

    Silbentrennung

    ac·cost·ed

    Türkische aussprache

    ıkästıd

    Aussprache

    /əˈkästəd/ /əˈkɑːstəd/

    Etymologie

    [ &-'kost, -'käst ] (transitive verb.) 1612. Middle French accoster, ultimately from Latin ad- + costa rib, side; more at COAST.
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