About The Word Accost
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Accost
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What's The Definition Of Accost?
[v] approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
[v] speak to someone Synonyms | Synonyms for Accost: address | come up to | solicit Related Terms | Find terms related to Accost: address | advance | apostrophize | appeal to | approach | appropinquate | approximate | bear down on | bear down upon | bear up | bespeak | bid good day | bid good morning | bow to | buttonhole | call to | close | close in | close with | come | come closer | come forward | come near | come on | come up | confront | curtsy | draw near | draw nigh | encounter | exchange greetings | gain upon | greet | hail | halloo | invoke | kiss | kiss hands | lift the hat | narrow the gap | near | nod to | proximate | pull the forelock | salute | say hello | shake | shake hands | sidle up to | speak | speak fair | speak to | step up | take aside | talk to | touch the hat | uncover See Also | approach | come | come up | greet | offer | recognise | recognize Accost In Webster's Dictionary \Ac*cost"\ (#; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accosted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Accosting}.] [F. accoster, LL. accostare to
bring side by side; L. ad + costa rib, side. See {Coast}, and
cf. {Accoast}.]
1. To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the
coast or side of. [Obs.] ``So much [of Lapland] as accosts
the sea.'' --Fuller.
2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic] --Shak.
3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. ``Him, Satan thus
accosts.'' --Milton.
\Ac*cost"\, v. i. To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] ``The shores which to the sea accost.'' --Spenser. \Ac*cost"\, n. Address; greeting. [R.] --J. Morley. |
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