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

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