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 Ac·cost v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accosted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accosting.]
 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.”
 2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic]
 3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. “Him, Satan thus accosts.”

 Ac·cost·ed, a. Her. Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.
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