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单词 re-accost
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re-accostv.

Brit. /ˌriːəˈkɒst/, U.S. /ˌriəˈkɔst/, /ˌriəˈkɑst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, accost v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + accost v., originally after French †r'accoster (1625 in the passage translated in quot. 1652).
transitive. To accost again.
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1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox v. 105 Merinda..was forced to joyn with them and re-accost Almeria.
1837 C. G. F. Gore Mem. Peeress I. 28 There was one person..to whom I felt half inclined to turn for solace. But how, after all my ungraciousness, to re-accost her?
1845 E. Maturin Montezuma 244 Tenpuatli, observing the unwillingness of the Spaniard to continue the interview..re-accosted his companion.
1989 J. P. McWilliams Amer. Epic 232 Whitman begins his poem with new lines in which the epic muse, still ‘A phantom, gigantic, superb,’ reaccosts him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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