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ac·cost

[uh-kawst, uh-kost] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object)

1.	to confront boldly: The beggar accosted me for money.

2.	to approach, esp. with a greeting, question, or remark.

3.	(of prostitutes, procurers, etc.) to solicit for sexual purposes.

–noun

4.	a greeting.

[Origin: 1570–80; < LL accostāre to be or put side by side. See ac-, coast

]

—Related forms

ac·cost·a·ble, adjective

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ac·cost (ə-kôst', ə-kŏst') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs

To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
To solicit for sex.

[French accoster, from Old French, from Medieval Latin accostāre, to adjoin : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin costa, side; see kost- in Indo-European roots.]

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accost

1578, from M.Fr. accoster "move up to," from L.L. accostare "come up to the side," from L. ad- "to" + costa "rib, side" (see coast). The original notion is of fleets of warships attacking an enemy's coast.

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accost
verb
1.	speak to someone [syn: address]
2.	approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" [syn: hook]

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Accost

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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Accost

Ac*cost"\, v. i. To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] "The shores which to the sea accost." --Spenser.

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Accost

Ac*cost"\, n. Address; greeting. [R.] --J. Morley.

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