accosted

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accosted - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Accosted \Ac*cost"ed\, a. (Her.)
     Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.
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  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.
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     2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic] --Shak.
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     3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. "Him, Satan thus
        accosts." --Milton.
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