2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Accosted \Ac*cost"ed\, a. (Her.) Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. "Him, Satan thus accosts." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
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