Thesaurus: accost

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1. v. t. To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
2. v. t. To approach; to make up to.
3. v. t. To speak to first; to address; to greet.
4. v. i. To adjoin; to lie alongside.
5. n. Address; greeting.
6. v. speak to someone
7. v. approach with an offer of sexual favors
8. 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. To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] "The shores which to the sea accost." Spenser. Address; greeting. [R.] J. Morley.
9. To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] "The shores which to thesea accost." Spenser.
10. v:100 v speak to someone v approach with an offer of sexual favors