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Accostʹ

means to “come to the side” of a person for the purpose of speaking to him. (Latin, ad costam, to the side.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Accidental or Subjective Colours
Accidentals
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Accommodation
Accord
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Account
Accurate
Accusative (The)
Ace
Aceldama
Acephalites
Acestes
Achæan League
Achar
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