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ac⋅cost
[uh-kawst, uh-kost] 
–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. |
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| ac·cost (ə-kôst', ə-kŏst') tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs
[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
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.Accost
Ac*cost"\, v. i. To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] "The shores which to the sea accost." --Spenser.Accost
Ac*cost"\, n. Address; greeting. [R.] --J. Morley.
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Language Translation for : accost
Spanish:
abordar,
German:
anreden,
Japanese:
話しかける
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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