Accost /(#; 115)/

Ac·cost

Accost

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Accosted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accosting

  1. To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of. [Obs.]
  2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic]
  3. To speak to first; to address; to greet.

Accost

v. i.
  1. To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.]

Accost

n.
  1. Address; greeting. [R.]