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Meaning of 'accost' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Accost [ n.]
- Address; greeting.
2 . Accost [ v. i.]
- To adjoin; to lie alongside.
3 . Accost [ v. t.]
- To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
- To approach; to make up to.
- To speak to first; to address; to greet.

Meaning of 'accost' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . accost [ v]
Meaning (1):
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
Example in sentence:
  • he was solicited by a prostitute;
  • The young man was caught soliciting in the park

Nearby Words:

accadian accede acceded accedence acceder acceding accelerando accelerate accelerated accelerating

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