Both Uses
accost
in
The Aeneid
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- He claims the bull with awless insolence, And having seiz'd his horns, accosts the prince: "If none my matchless valor dares oppose, How long shall Dares wait his dastard foes?†
Book 5accosts = approaches and speaks in a demanding or challenging manner
- I first accosted him: I sued, I sought, And, with a loving force, to Pheneus brought.†
Book 8 *accosted = approached and spoke 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)