accost

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ac=cost

CIDE DICTIONARY

accost, v. t. [F. accoster, LL. accostare to bring side by side; L. ad + costa rib, side. See Coast, and cf. Accoast.].

•  To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.  Fuller.  [1913 Webster]
•  To approach; to make up to.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  To speak to first; to address; to greet.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

accost, v. i. 

 To adjoin; to lie alongside.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

accost, n. 

 Address; greeting.  J. Morley.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

accost, v.tr.
1 approach and address (a person), esp. boldly.
2 (of a prostitute) solicit.

Etymology

F accoster f. It. accostare ult. f. L costa rib: see COAST

THESAURUS

accost

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

ROGET THESAURUS

accost

Allocution

VB speak to, address, accost, make up to, apostrophize, appeal to, invoke, ball, salute, call to, halloo, take aside, take by the button, talk to in private, lecture, Int, soho!, halloo!, hey!, hist!.