2 uses
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Definition
to approach aggressively or inappropriately
- I first accosted him: I sued, I sought, And, with a loving force, to Pheneus brought.Book 8 (22% in)
- 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 5 (44% in)
There are no more uses of "accost" in The Aeneid.
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