Ac*cost" , n. Address; greeting.
[R.]
J. Morley.
Ac*cost" , v. i. To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.]
"The shores which to the sea accost." Spenser.
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.
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