Definition of Accosting

1. Verb. (present participle of accost) ¹

2. Noun. The act of physically confronting a person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Accosting

1. accost [v] - See also: accost

Lexicographical Neighbors of Accosting

accordioned
accordioning
accordionist
accordionists
accordionlike
accordions
accordment
accordments
accords
accorporated
accorporates
accorporating
accostable
accosted
accosting (current term)
accostings
accostment
accostments
accosts
accouche
accouched
accouchement
accouchement force
accouchements
accouches
accoucheur
accoucheurs
accoucheuse

Literary usage of Accosting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of Richard Cumberland by Richard Cumberland (1806)
"... till a well-dressed gentleman ent< ed the room, and civilly accosting me, requested to partake of our festivity, and join the company, if nobody had an ..."

2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... Lord North and Grey, remarkable for his homely Face, accosting her one Night behind the Scenes, asked her, with a Sigh, what waa a Cure for Love? ..."

3. The History of Chivalry; Or, Knighthood and Its Times by Charles Mills (1844)
"... Whether high towering or accosting low, But 1 the measure of her flight do search, ... accosting ..."

4. Sketches and Studies in Southern Europe by John Addington Symonds (1880)
"\Ve can fancy him accosting the Greek masters of the lyre upon Parnassus, deferring to none, conceding naught, and meeting their arguments with proud ..."

5. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1864)
"But her natural kindness of disposition and good humour speedily came to her aid ¡—and, accosting Lord Malmesbury with a smile, she said, ..."

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