accost
verb (used with object)
to confront boldly.
have accosted
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present perfectof accost.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Bismarck, who has a happy knack of apt Shakespearian quotation, might have accosted him in the words of Beatrice and said, "This is a man's office, but not yours."
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy
Countess Love doesn't hide itself, sir, and you have accosted me in a manner that convinces me you have a great deal for Arabella.
From The Double Widowing by Frank J. Morlock
But, to my surprise, when I would have accosted him he turned away, as though not aware of my presence.
From The Induna's Wife by Bertram Mitford
Five minutes ago Hareton seemed a personification of my youth, not a human being; I felt to him in such a variety of ways, that it would have been impossible to have accosted him rationally.
From Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Shakespeare uses fire-new— "You should then have accosted her; and with some excellent jests, fire-new from the mint, you should have banged the youth into dumbness."
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
