The term refers to the three witches who accost Macbeth.
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Accost
/əˈkɔst/
Synonyms for "accost" (88 found)
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19 total sentences available.
You never know who might accost you on a dark street.
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That vulgar person might accost me again, and I have no time to waste in combat.
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Let's accost someone.
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