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Pronunciation : Ac*cost" (#; 115)
Part of Speech : v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accosted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accosting.]
Etymology : [F. accoster, LL. accostare to bring side by side; L. ad + costa rib, side. See Coast, and cf. Accoast.]
Definition : 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ac*cost"
Part of Speech : v. i.
Definition : Defn: To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] "The shores which to the sea accost." Spenser.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ac*cost"
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Address; greeting. [R.] J. Morley.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913