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Definition of Accosted
Accosted Accosted Ac*cost"ed, a. (Her.)
Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.
Accosted 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.
2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic] --Shak.
3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. ``Him, Satan thus
accosts.' --Milton.
Accost Accost Ac*cost", v. i.
To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] ``The shores which to the
sea accost.' --Spenser.
Accost Accost Ac*cost", n.
Address; greeting. [R.] --J. Morley.
Accost 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.
2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic] --Shak.
3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. ``Him, Satan thus
accosts.' --Milton.
