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.†
p. 108.9accost = approach and speak in a demanding or challenging manner
- Meanwhile her mother had accosted the physician.†
p. 113.4 *accosted = approached and spoke in a demanding or challenging manner
- "Let her see nothing strange—no passion or eagerness—in thy way of accosting her," whispered Hester.†
p. 139.9accosting = approaching and speaking in a demanding or challenging manner
Definition:
to approach aggressively or inappropriately