accost

Verb

Synonyms: address come up to hook solicit

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

speak to someoneSynonyms: address come up to
approach with an offer of sexual favors“he was solicited by a prostitute”“The young man was caught soliciting in the park”Synonyms: hook solicit

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Accost \Ac*cost"\, v. i. To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] "The shores which to the sea accost." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Accost \Ac*cost"\, n. Address; greeting. [R.] --J. Morley. [1913 Webster]

Accost \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. [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]