See accost on Wiktionary
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Words were denied me; if I advanced I could but clasp her to my heart in silence; and all that was sane in me, all that was still unconquered, revolted against the thought of such an accost.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}], \"glosses\": [\"An attack.\"], \"links\": [[\"attack\", \"attack\"]]}], \"sounds\": [{\"ipa\": \"/əˈkɔst/\", \"tags\": [\"General-American\"]}, {\"ipa\": \"/əˈkɑst/\", \"tags\": [\"cot-caught-merger\"]}, {\"ipa\": \"/əˈkɒst/\", \"tags\": [\"Received-Pronunciation\"]}, {\"audio\": \"en-us-accost.ogg\", \"mp3_url\": \"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/En-us-accost.ogg/En-us-accost.ogg.mp3\", \"ogg_url\": \"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/En-us-accost.ogg\"}, {\"rhymes\": \"-ɒst\"}], \"word\": \"accost\"}",
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