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accosted

accosted adjective: supported on both sides by other charges. Also the simple past and past participle of accost.

Adjective

accosted (not comparable)

  1. Supported on both sides by other charges.
    • Capadose (Amsterdam, The Hague): Divided, 1, sinople, two small angels proper, affronté in chief, holding together a mantle gules, lined ermine, in point a beehive or, put upon a terrace proper; the beehive accosted by four bees or, and accompanied by two other bees or, brochant upon the terrace...1907, Cyrus Adler, Isidore Singer, The Jewish Encyclopedia, page 127
  2. Side by side.
    • Barrett, impaling, A chevron between six rams accosted, counter-tripping, two, two, and two (Harman of Rendlesham and […]1887, Edmund Farrer, The Church Heraldry of Norfolk: pt. I., page 253
    • (Gules, two ash trees accosted or, surmounted by a falcon of the same.)1925, National Americana Society, Americana Illustrated, page 550

Also used as

accosted is also the simple past and past participle of accost.

Words formed from accosted

Questions about accosted

What does accosted mean?
Accosted means supported on both sides by other charges.
What part of speech is accosted?
Accosted is an adjective.

Words near accosted in the dictionary

  1. accordyng
  2. accorgan
  3. accorgans
  4. accost
  5. accostable
  6. accosted
  7. accoster
  8. accosters
  9. accostest
  10. accosteth
  11. accosting

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