|
Dictionaries
- WordNet
- Jargon File
- Computing Dictionary
- Moby Thesaurus
|
Created by
www.noamnet.com
|
 Definitions for Accost: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
:
Accost \Ac*cost"\, v. i.
To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] "The shores which to the
sea accost." --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
:
Accost \Ac*cost"\, n.
Address; greeting. [R.] --J. Morley.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
:
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
:
accost
v 1: speak to someone [syn: address, come up to]
2: approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited
by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in
the park" [syn: hook, solicit]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "accost":
address, advance, apostrophize, appeal to, approach, appropinquate,
approximate, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up, bespeak,
bid good day, bid good morning, bow to, buttonhole, call to, close,
close in, close with, come, come closer, come forward, come near,
come on, come up, confront, curtsy, draw near, draw nigh,
encounter, exchange greetings, gain upon, greet, hail, halloo,
invoke, kiss, kiss hands, lift the hat, narrow the gap, near,
nod to, proximate, pull the forelock, salute, say hello, shake,
shake hands, sidle up to, speak, speak fair, speak to, step up,
take aside, talk to, touch the hat, uncover
Related Sitesaccost - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Definition of accost from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games.
accost definition | Dictionary.com
Definition of accost at Dictionary.com with free audio pronunciation. ... Accost. Accostable. Accosted. accosting. accouchement ... accost. 1578, from M.Fr. ...
accost - Wiktionary
to accost (third-person singular simple present accosts, present participle ... Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accost" ...
accost: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com
accost ( ) tr.v. , -costed , -costing , -costs . To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request
word of the day accost | podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary ...
how Edmond Spenser accosted Geoffrey Chaucer ... The current dictionary definition of the word accost is "to approach boldly. ...
accost - Definition of accost at Your Dictionary
Definition of accost from Webster's New World Dictionary. Meaning of accost. Accost synonyms. ... accost Usage Examples. Object ...
|
