Ac-cöst', v. t.

verbtransitive

(21), v. t. [imp. & p. p. ACCOSTED; p. pr. & vb. n. ACCOSTING.] [Fr. accoster, Pr. & Sp. accoster, It. accostare, L. Lat. accostare, accostare, from Lat. ad and costa, rib, side; It., Pg., & Pr., costa, Sp. cuesta, Fr. côte, rib, side, coast; It. costato, Sp. costilla, Fr. côte.] 1. To come to the side of; to approach; to draw near to; hence, to speak to, to address. With taunts the distant giant I accost. Pope. 2. To border on; to adjoin. [Obs.] “So much [of Lapland] as accosts the sea.” Fuller.