accost

n. Address; greeting. [ R. ] J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

v. i. To adjoin; to lie alongside. [ Obs. ] “The shores which to the sea accost.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. accostable. ] Approachable; affable. [ R. ] Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]