[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

accost \accost"\ ; 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to approach; to make up to. archaic --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to speak to first; to address; to greet. "him, satan thus
      accosts." --milton.
      1913 webster
see also:
accosted accosting coast accoast 

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