A Topical Dictionary: Search for accost

Dictionary Results For "accost" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Etymology

French accoster, Late Latin accostare to bring side by side; Latin ad + costa rib, side. See coast, and compare accoast.

Pronunciation

IPA: /əˈkɔst/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-accost.ogg

Verb

In the Context of To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
In the Context of 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
{{context|transitive|obsolete|Shakespearian}} To approach; to make up to
To speak to first; to address; to greet.
*Him, Satan thus accosts - Milton
In the Context of To adjoin; to lie alongside
*The shores which to the sea accost - Spenser

Translations

Breton: divorañ, dilestrañ, douarañ, abourzhañ
French: aborder
German: sich nähern
Interlingua: accostar, abordar
Italian: indirizzarsi a

Portuguese: abordar
Spanish: acercarse a

Noun

address|Address; greeting.

ar:accost fa:accost fr:accost io:accost it:accost pl:accost pt:accost ru:accost fi:accost ta:accost te:accost vi:accost tr:accost

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Accost \Ac*cost"\, v. i.
To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] "The shores which to the
sea accost." --Spenser.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Accost \Ac*cost"\, n.
Address; greeting. [R.] --J. Morley.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic] --Shak.
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3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. "Him, Satan thus
accosts." --Milton.
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WordNet accost
v 1: speak to someone [syn: address, come up to]
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, solicit]

Moby Dictionary
address , advance , apostrophize , appeal to , approach , appropinquate ,
approximate , bear down on , bear down upon , bear up , bespeak ,
bid good day , bid good morning , bow to , buttonhole , call to , close ,
close in , close with , come , come closer , come forward , come near ,
come on , come up , confront , curtsy , draw near , draw nigh ,
encounter , exchange greetings , gain upon , greet , hail , halloo ,
invoke , kiss , kiss hands , lift the hat , narrow the gap , near ,
nod to , proximate , pull the forelock , salute , say hello , shake ,
shake hands , sidle up to , speak , speak fair , speak to , step up ,
take aside , talk to , touch the hat , uncover