Ac*cost" (#; 115), 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.

2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic] Shak.

3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. "Him, Satan thus accosts." Milton.

Ac*cost", v. i. To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] "The shores which to the sea accost." Spenser.

Ac*cost", n. Address; greeting. [R.] J. Morley.

• (transitive) (obsolete) To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
       Quotations
       *So much as accosts the sea. - Fuller
  
• (transitive) (obsolete) To approach; to make up to - Shakespeare.
  
• (transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.
       Quotations
       *Him, Satan thus accosts - Milton
  
• (intransitive) (obsolete) To adjoin; to lie alongside
       Quotations
       *The shores which to the sea accost - Spenser
  
• (rare) Address; greeting - J. Morley