accost
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
French accoster, Late Latin accostare to bring side by side; Latin ad + costa rib, side. See coast, and compare accoast.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (US) IPA: /əˈkɔst/
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[edit] Verb
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to accost (third-person singular simple present accosts, present participle accosting, simple past and past participle accosted)
- (transitive) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
- (transitive, obsolete) To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
- So much [of Lapland] as accosts the sea. - Fuller
- (transitive, obsolete, Shakespearian) To approach; to make up to
- (transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.
- Him, Satan thus accosts - Milton
- (intransitive, obsolete) To adjoin; to lie alongside
- The shores which to the sea accost - Spenser
[edit] Translations
To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request
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To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
To speak to first; to address; to greet.
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[edit] Noun
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accost (plural accosts)
