ACCOST

ACCOST', verb transitive 1. To approach; to draw near; to come side by side, or face to face. [Not in use.]2. To speak first to; to address.ACCOST', verb intransitive to adjoin. [Not in use.]

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accost. Accost, v.t. to address, speak first to, salute

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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. 1. To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of. “So much as accosts the sea.” Fuller.
2. 2. To approach; to make up to. Shak.
3. 3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. “Him, Satan thus accosts.” Milton.