accost

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French accoster, acoster, from Old French acoster (“to stand beside”) (whence Medieval Latin accostare), from Old French a- + coste (“side, flank”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /əˈkɔst/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /əˈkɑst/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈkɒst/ Rhymes: -ɒst Hyphenation: ac‧cost === Verb === accost (third-person singular simple present accosts, present participle accosting, simple past and past participle accosted) (transitive) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. (transitive, obsolete) To join side to side; to border. (by extension, transitive, obsolete) To sail along the coast or side of. (transitive, obsolete) To approach; to come up to. (transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet. (intransitive, obsolete) To adjoin; to lie alongside. (transitive) To assault. (transitive) To solicit sexually. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === accost (plural accosts) (rare) Address; greeting. An attack. === Anagrams === coacts