accost.
To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
Meaning & usage
To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
A beggar accosted me as soon as I stepped outside.
To join side to side; to border.
To sail along the coast or side of.
To approach; to come up to.
To speak to first; to address; to greet.
To adjoin; to lie alongside.
To assault.
To solicit sexually.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French accoster, acoster, from Old French acoster (“to stand beside”) (whence Medieval Latin accostare), from Old French a- + coste (“side, flank”).
Address; greeting.
An attack.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French accoster, acoster, from Old French acoster (“to stand beside”) (whence Medieval Latin accostare), from Old French a- + coste (“side, flank”).
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