Meaning & use
Acrost
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A nonstandard, dialectal pronunciation and spelling of 'across', found chiefly in some regional and older varieties of English.
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He walked acrost the field to fetch the cows, the old farmer said.
In some Appalachian dialects, 'acrost' is used where standard English requires 'across'.
A note on using this word
Acrost is considered nonstandard in modern English but has a long history in dialectal speech, especially in rural American English.
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