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Definitions for accost
əˈkɔst, əˈkɒstac·cost

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. address, accost, come up toverb

    speak to someone

  2. hook, solicit, accostverb

    approach with an offer of sexual favors

    "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"

Wiktionary

  1. accostverb

    To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.

  2. accostverb

    To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.

  3. accostverb

    To approach; to come up to.

  4. accostverb

    To speak to first; to address; to greet.

  5. accostverb

    To adjoin; to lie alongside.

  6. accostverb

    To solicit sexually.

  7. Etymology: * First attested in the 1570's.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To ACCOSTverb

    To speak to first; to address; to salute.

    Etymology: accoster, Fr.

    You mistake, knight: accost her, front her, board her, woo her, assail her. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

    At length, collecting all his serpent wiles,
    With soothing words renew’d, him thus accosts. Parad. Reg.

    I first accosted him: I su’d, I sought,
    And, with a loving force, to Pheneus brought. John Dryden, Æneid.

ChatGPT

  1. accost

    To accost is to approach or confront someone aggressively or boldly, often with a demand or request. It also refers to initiating a conversation with someone, usually in a challenging or intrusive manner.

  2. accost

    Accost means to approach and address someone boldly or aggressively, often in an unwelcome or challenging nature. It can also simply mean to approach someone with a request or demand.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Accostverb

    to join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of

  2. Accostverb

    to approach; to make up to

  3. Accostverb

    to speak to first; to address; to greet

  4. Accostverb

    to adjoin; to lie alongside

  5. Accostnoun

    address; greeting

  6. Etymology: [F. accoster, LL. accostare to bring side by side; L. ad + costa rib, side. See Coast, and cf. Accoast.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Accost

    ak-kost′, v.t. to speak first to: to address.—ns. Accost′, Accost′ing (obs.), address: greeting.—adj. Accost′able, easy of access. [O. Fr. acoster—Low L. accostāre, to be side by side—L. ad, to, costa, a side.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of accost in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of accost in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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