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Definition
to approach aggressively or inappropriately
- A few minutes, though as few as possible, were inevitably consumed; and when her own mistress again, when able to turn and look as she had done before, she found herself accosted by Captain Wentworth, in a reserved yet hurried sort of farewell.Chapter 20 (95% in)
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