Both Uses
accost
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
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- Zoe Higgins, a young whore in a sapphire slip, closed with three bronze buckles, a slim black velvet fillet round her throat, nods, trips down the steps and accosts him.†
Chpt 15accosts = approaches and speaks in a demanding or challenging manner
- Stephen, that is when the accosting figure came to close quarters, though he was not in an over sober state himself recognised Corley's breath redolent of rotten cornjuice.†
Chpt 16 *accosting = approaching and speaking in a demanding or challenging manner
Definitions:
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(1)
(accost) to approach aggressively or inappropriately
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)