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accost

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6 lettersPronunciation /əˈkɔst/Part of speech verbSorted accostStarts with AEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. approach with an offer of sexual favors

Word origin

From Middle French accoster, acoster, from Old French acoster (“to stand beside”) (whence Medieval Latin accostare), from Old French a- + coste (“side, flank”).

Used in a sentence

  • A beggar accosted me as soon as I stepped outside.
  • You mistake, knight. ‘Accost’ is front / her, board her, woo her, assail her.
  • Him, Satan thus accosts.

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