All 3 Uses of
accost
in
The Scarlet Letter
- If they were resolute to accost her, she laid her finger on the scarlet letter, and passed on.†
Chpt 13
- Meanwhile her mother had accosted the physician.†
Chpt 14 *
- "Let her see nothing strange—no passion or eagerness—in thy way of accosting her," whispered Hester.†
Chpt 19
Definition:
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(accost) to approach aggressively or inappropriately