accost

Meaning

1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
2. (obsolete) To join side to side; to border.
3. (obsolete) To sail along the coast or side of.
4. (obsolete) To approach; to come up to.
5. To speak to first; to address; to greet.
6. (obsolete) To adjoin; to lie alongside.
7. To assault.
8. To solicit sexually.

address

appeal to

collide with

crash into

hitch on

hold conversation with

hook on

land

molest

hold intercourse with

alongside come

call out to

converse with

say hello

say hi

talk to

Hyphenated as

ac‧cost

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ə.ˈkɔst/

Cognate with Spanish

acostar

In summary

First attested in the 1570s. From Old French accoster, from Vulgar Latin accosto (“to come alongside someone”), from ad (“near”) + costa (“rib, side”). Cognate with Spanish acostar (“to lie down, go to bed”).

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