accost

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All I meet Accost me thus—"Dear friend, you're so Close to the gods, that you must know; About the Dacians have you heard Any fresh tidings?"

From Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman by Miller, Frank Justus

I would not wish you a weaker.—Sound, musics.—I provoke you at the Bare Accost.

From Cynthia's Revels by Jonson, Ben

Accost, ak-kost′, v.t. to speak first to: to address.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Accost this one, and ask him if he often suffers from the exposure which he is obliged to undergo.”

From Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India by Frere, M.

This, from a simple courtier, Is all the Laws require: “But, should you wish to do the thing With out-and-out politeness, Accost him as ‘My Goblin King!’

From Rhyme? And Reason? by Carroll, Lewis