Definitions for: Accost

[v] approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
[v] speak to someone

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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

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

Synonyms: address, come up to, solicit

See Also: approach, come, come up, greet, offer, recognise, recognize

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