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accost

[uh-kawst, uh-kost] / əˈkɔst, əˈkɒst /


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Now having obtained this much longed, and long Prayed for priviledge; We cannot forbear any longer, humbly, to Accost and Address this Venerable Assembly, with a free and Ingenuous Representation of our Minds and Desires.

From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly

This, from a simple courtier, Is all the Laws require: “But, should you wish to do the thing With out-and-out politeness, Accost him as ‘My Goblin King!’

From Rhyme? And Reason? by Carroll, Lewis

Charles Lothian bowed, and Linda, blushing, said, "Against my orders did this little lady Accost you, sir, but I will not affect Regret at her success, if you're content."

From The Woman Who Dared by Sargent, Epes

Accost this one, and ask him if he often suffers from the exposure which he is obliged to undergo.”

From Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India by Frere, M.

He gazed her over, from her eyebrows down Even to her feet: he gazed so with the good Undoubting faith of fools, much as who should Accost God for a comrade.

From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel




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