accostv.

Brit.

/əˈkɒst/, U.S.

/əˈkɔst/,

/əˈkɑst/

Forms: 1500s–1600s accoast, 1500s–1600s accoste, 1500s–1600s acoast, 1500s– accost, 1600s accorst, 1600s acost.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French accoster.

Etymology: < Middle French acoster, accoster (French accoster , †acoster ) to approach, draw near (a place, originally and chiefly in seafaring contexts) (1155 in Old French in acoster a used intransitively, beginning of the 14th cent. or earlier (in Anglo-Norman) used transitively), (of a ship) to travel alongside the coast of (a country) (1155 used reflexively, 1441 used intransitively), to approach (a person) in order to interact socially with him or her (second half of the 12th cent., originally used reflexively; attested in positive contexts (where the intention is to help other person) as well as in neutral and negative contexts; 15th cent. used transitively; the specific use with reference to solicitation by a prostitute is not paralleled in French until later: 1866), to flank, adjoin (beginning of the 13th cent. or earlier), to associate or keep company with (a person) (1582), to come upon (a person or group of people) suddenly or violently, to assail (although this is apparently first attested later than in English: a1630) < a- a- prefix⁵ + coste rib, side, seashore (see coast n.). Compare post-classical Latin accostare to adjoin (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin ac- ac- prefix + costa rib, in post-classical Latin also side (see costa n.¹), perhaps after the French verb. Compare also Old Occitan acostar (mid 12th cent., originally used reflexively), Catalan acostar (a1250), Spanish acostar (end of the 12th cent.), Portuguese acostar (13th cent., earliest in past participle acostado), Italian accostare (end of the 13th cent.).The medial -s- of the French verb was silent from the beginning of the 13th cent. onwards, but in the 16th cent. it came to be pronounced again (probably under the influence of Old Occitan acostar, since many 15th- and 16th-cent. French instances are from Southern texts). For a fuller overview of the spelling and pronunciation history of the French verb, see Trésor de la langue française at accoster. In English, the verb was in early use often associated with coast n. and coast v., which is especially clear in the -oa- spellings.

I. To approach.

a. transitive. To approach and speak to, esp. (in later use) in a bold, hostile, or unwelcome manner; to waylay (a person) in this way; to address.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > approach and speak to

to venture on (also uponc1528

boarda1547

accost1567

affront1598

to make way1609

aboard1611

the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > speak to or address [verb (transitive)]

speakc950

beclepec1220

enreason1297

saluec1300

calla1325

clepe1362

to speak on ——?1370

salutec1380

to call upon ——c1405

escry1483

assaya1522

treatc1540

accost1567

encounter1578

bespeaka1593

affront1598

parley1611

address1683

chin-chin1817

chat1898

1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 293^v He accoasted the page of the gentlewoman, in whose bosome was builded the only store house of her moste secret affaires.

1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares i. sig. B3 Ile a-coast her Countesship.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 822 [They] thus, unmovd with fear, accost him soon.

1785 W. Cowper Hist. John Gilpin 11 The callender..Laid down his pipe, flew to the gate, And thus accosted him.

1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. ii. ix. 227 The first epistle of Peter accosts the Christians dispersed throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.

1838 Times 30 Aug. 5/6 He was suddenly accosted by a man of ruffian-like appearance, who pleaded want, but asked for charity in an authoritative tone.

1895 Longman's Mag. Dec. 365/1 To see him..alight from a hansom in motion and accost a friend with a terrible back-slap.

1929 Chicago Tribune 18 Jan. 21/4 A certain gentleman in the illicit spirits business was accosted by two sinister characters, who ‘muscled’ him.

1972 G. Friel Mr Alfred M. A. xxvi. 172 He got used to the janitor accosting him every Monday morning. ‘Another break-in at the weekend, sir.’

2002 Guardian 29 June i. 13/5 On the way I counted all the people who accosted me. There was a busker..and no fewer than three ‘chuggers’.

b. transitive. spec. Of a prostitute: to solicit (a potential customer).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [verb (transitive)] > solicit

solicit1710

accost1806

proposition1922

1806 J. Davis Post-Captain xxviii. 194 As our heroes passed along the Strand, they were accosted by a hundred gay ladies, who asked them if they were good-natured... ‘Devil take me!..there is not a girl in the Strand that I would touch with my gloves on.’

1887 Times 12 July 11/5 The police-constable said she was in company with a second female, and that they had accosted gentlemen.

1922 Jrnl. Social Hygiene 8 417 It is customary for the police to observe the prostitute accost two men before they stop her when the third man is accosted.

1968 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 Nov. 3/5 The charges, under an Act promulgated last December alleged the men ‘loitered either to be accosted by a prostitute or for the purpose of inviting or soliciting any female to prostitute herself for pecuniary reward’.

2007 R. Kroes Photographic Memories i. 26 I was accosted by hookers but did not dare take their photographs.

†2. intransitive. To draw near to or unto; to approach. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > draw near

neighlecheeOE

i-nehleche971

to draw nearc1330

to nigh nighc1330

nighle1340

to-neighea1382

nigha1387

to draw nigh?a1400

nighena1400

to nigh neara1400

to draw ona1450

neara1522

to close about, on, round, upon1523

accost1571

anear1582

anigh1594

proach1600

appropinquate1623

to close in1704

1571 R. Reynolds Chron. Noble Emperours f. 148^v Belisar..accosted nighe vnto the walles, and..defended himselfe with fighting against his enemyes.

1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 54 If, leaving naturall considerations, we accoast to the supernaturall.

3. transitive. figurative. To come upon, esp. suddenly or violently; to assail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)]

to come at ——OE

ofseche?c1225

approachc1305

proachc1450

coast1531

to make up to1596

accost1597

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > make hostile approach to

runOE

to seek on (also upon)c1230

pursuec1300

yerna1400

seek1487

visitc1515

coast1531

accost1597

to come at ——1601

to make against ——1628

to make at ——1637

tilt1796

rush1823

to come for ——1870

to move in1941

bum-rush1988

1597 Bp. J. Hall Defiance to Enuy in Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. sig. A4 That Envy should accost my Muse and mee.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 641 On the south side it is accosted [L. pulsatur] with the Severn sea.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iii. 46 Tob. Accost Sir Andrew, accost... And. Good mistris Mary, accost. To,..Accost, is front her, boord her, woe her, assayle her.

a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) x. 72 Rebell not thou, nor in a hostile way Accoast thy Prince; or suffer, or obey.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ix. 172 How fade and insipid do all Objects accost us, that are not convey'd in the Vehicle of Delusion?

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 197 Incapable of resisting the first temptation that should accost him.

1827 Christian Advocate Nov. 501/1 In our country a young man must go in pursuit of evil, here it accosts him at every turn, and through every avenue.

1874 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius 16 All around Over the surface of my subtle being, As though I were a sphere, and capable To be accosted thus.

1916 Iron Tradesman Oct. 38/2 Judging from the poverty that accosts you, you wonder that the iron carters can survive.

1963 Jrnl. Warburg & Courtauld Inst. 26 198/2 Typographically..it accosts us with the same abruptness which must have characterised the performance itself.

1995 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 85 221/2 We have here a volume of unusual appeal, as much or more for the larger themes it accosts as for the interesting particularities of collective memorialization in specific places.

†II. To go or lie alongside.

a. transitive. To travel alongside of; to keep by the side of. Also in figurative contexts. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > ride beside or ahead of

accost1579

beride1690

the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > side [verb (transitive)] > be in or take up position at the side of > stand or walk at the side of

to stand besidec1440

accost1579

side1587

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ix. 483 The french..who returned eftsoones to Genes after they had accoasted thenemy [Fr. apres qu'elle eut costoyé l'ennemie] to the Mount Argentaro.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. iii. 497 This [society of books] accosteth and secondeth all my course, and euery where assisteth me.

b. transitive (reflexive). To associate or keep company with. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)]

seeOE

drawc1275

mella1300

meeta1325

fellow1340

usec1384

conjoinc1386

joinc1390

knitc1400

accompany1461

enfellowship1470

frequent1477

haunt1477

mixa1513

encompanya1533

combinea1535

contract1548

to take with ——1562

associate1581

to have a saying toa1593

cope1594

sort1594

to take in1597

consort1600

herd1606

factionate1611

to keep company (with)a1616

accost1633

solder1641

converse1649

walk1650

consociate1653

coalite1734

to get with ——a1772

forgather1786

unionize1810

to go rounda1867

to mix in1870

cop1940

1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 92 Those that custome and acost themselues [L. versentur] with men Wise and Prudent..change from good to better.

5. intransitive. Of a hawk: to fly close to the ground. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [verb (intransitive)] > other actions

tirec1220

beak1486

enseam1486

traverse1486

bind1575

crab1575

gleam1575

accost1596

canceleera1640

to wait on1773

to throw up1881

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. ii. sig. Aa7 Ne is there hauke, which mantleth her on pearch, Whether high towring, or accoasting low.

6. transitive. To border on, to adjoin; to flank. Also intransitive with to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be adjacent to

adjoina1375

accost1596

join1837

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xi. sig. X7^v All the shores, which to the sea accoste, He day and night doth ward both far and wide.

1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie 22 Iron when accoasted by two load-stones of equall vertue on either side, not daring to embrace either, hovereth in medio between both.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xix. 338 If his land accosteth the sea, he considereth what Havens therein are barr'd.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Derb. 234 Lapland hath since been often surrounded (so much as accosts the Sea) by the English.

1765 M. A. Porny Elements Heraldry Cotised is used by English Heralds to express any thing that is accosted, sided, or accompanied by another.

1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xxxii. 478 In chief an eagle crowned, and accosted by seven estoiles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	accost
释义	accostn. Brit. /əˈkɒst/, U.S. /əˈkɔst/, /əˈkɑst/ Forms: see accost v. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: accost v. Etymology: < accost v. The action or an act of accosting a person; a greeting or salutation; a solicitation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > courteous or deferential approach address1539 accost1606 the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > [noun] compellation1603 allocution1615 encountera1616 alloquy1623 accostmenta1626 accost1807 alloquialism1872 1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe iv. sig. G^v The quick kisse of the toppe of the forefinger And other such exploytes of good Accost. 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iii. (stage direct.) in Wks. I. 240 They act their accost seuerally to the lady that stands forth. 1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 27 At the first accost there was nothing but dumb shews. 1797 W. Godwin Enquirer ii. x. 334 A supercilious look, a dubious smile, an unceremonious accost, from one of the company, pierces him to the soul. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xviii. 170 Shooting your affectionate accosts, enquiries, and details, at each other. 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn (1852) xviii. 163 ‘But,’ said he,..with an affected spice of courtesy in his accost [etc.]. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. viii. 104 She shrunk with fastidious pride from their hail-fellow accost, and severely resented their unconcealed curiosity. 1859 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life 60 I recollect her accost to me as well as if it were yesterday. 1921 S. H. Adams Success v. 37 She made no return to his accost other than a slow smile. a1933 J. Galsworthy End of Chapter (1934) i. vi. 45 I'll tell you what we might do, Uncle Lawrence. Stage an accost. 2010 M. Ramirez Hasta la Vista, Lola! 168 Her voice screamed at me. ‘Oh! I do remember something! ¡Escuchame!’ ‘I hear you!’ My eardrum was ringing from the accost. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). accostv. Brit. /əˈkɒst/, U.S. /əˈkɔst/, /əˈkɑst/ Forms: 1500s–1600s accoast, 1500s–1600s accoste, 1500s–1600s acoast, 1500s– accost, 1600s accorst, 1600s acost. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French accoster. Etymology: < Middle French acoster, accoster (French accoster , †acoster ) to approach, draw near (a place, originally and chiefly in seafaring contexts) (1155 in Old French in acoster a used intransitively, beginning of the 14th cent. or earlier (in Anglo-Norman) used transitively), (of a ship) to travel alongside the coast of (a country) (1155 used reflexively, 1441 used intransitively), to approach (a person) in order to interact socially with him or her (second half of the 12th cent., originally used reflexively; attested in positive contexts (where the intention is to help other person) as well as in neutral and negative contexts; 15th cent. used transitively; the specific use with reference to solicitation by a prostitute is not paralleled in French until later: 1866), to flank, adjoin (beginning of the 13th cent. or earlier), to associate or keep company with (a person) (1582), to come upon (a person or group of people) suddenly or violently, to assail (although this is apparently first attested later than in English: a1630) < a- a- prefix⁵ + coste rib, side, seashore (see coast n.). Compare post-classical Latin accostare to adjoin (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin ac- ac- prefix + costa rib, in post-classical Latin also side (see costa n.¹), perhaps after the French verb. Compare also Old Occitan acostar (mid 12th cent., originally used reflexively), Catalan acostar (a1250), Spanish acostar (end of the 12th cent.), Portuguese acostar (13th cent., earliest in past participle acostado), Italian accostare (end of the 13th cent.).The medial -s- of the French verb was silent from the beginning of the 13th cent. onwards, but in the 16th cent. it came to be pronounced again (probably under the influence of Old Occitan acostar, since many 15th- and 16th-cent. French instances are from Southern texts). For a fuller overview of the spelling and pronunciation history of the French verb, see Trésor de la langue française at accoster. In English, the verb was in early use often associated with coast n. and coast v., which is especially clear in the -oa- spellings. I. To approach. 1. a. transitive. To approach and speak to, esp. (in later use) in a bold, hostile, or unwelcome manner; to waylay (a person) in this way; to address. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > approach and speak to to venture on (also uponc1528 boarda1547 accost1567 affront1598 to make way1609 aboard1611 the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > speak to or address [verb (transitive)] speakc950 beclepec1220 enreason1297 saluec1300 calla1325 clepe1362 to speak on ——?1370 salutec1380 to call upon ——c1405 escry1483 assaya1522 treatc1540 accost1567 encounter1578 bespeaka1593 affront1598 parley1611 address1683 chin-chin1817 chat1898 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 293^v He accoasted the page of the gentlewoman, in whose bosome was builded the only store house of her moste secret affaires. 1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares i. sig. B3 Ile a-coast her Countesship. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 822 [They] thus, unmovd with fear, accost him soon. View more context for this quotation 1785 W. Cowper Hist. John Gilpin 11 The callender..Laid down his pipe, flew to the gate, And thus accosted him. 1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. ii. ix. 227 The first epistle of Peter accosts the Christians dispersed throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. 1838 Times 30 Aug. 5/6 He was suddenly accosted by a man of ruffian-like appearance, who pleaded want, but asked for charity in an authoritative tone. 1895 Longman's Mag. Dec. 365/1 To see him..alight from a hansom in motion and accost a friend with a terrible back-slap. 1929 Chicago Tribune 18 Jan. 21/4 A certain gentleman in the illicit spirits business was accosted by two sinister characters, who ‘muscled’ him. 1972 G. Friel Mr Alfred M. A. xxvi. 172 He got used to the janitor accosting him every Monday morning. ‘Another break-in at the weekend, sir.’ 2002 Guardian 29 June i. 13/5 On the way I counted all the people who accosted me. There was a busker..and no fewer than three ‘chuggers’. b. transitive. spec. Of a prostitute: to solicit (a potential customer). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [verb (transitive)] > solicit solicit1710 accost1806 proposition1922 1806 J. Davis Post-Captain xxviii. 194 As our heroes passed along the Strand, they were accosted by a hundred gay ladies, who asked them if they were good-natured... ‘Devil take me!..there is not a girl in the Strand that I would touch with my gloves on.’ 1887 Times 12 July 11/5 The police-constable said she was in company with a second female, and that they had accosted gentlemen. 1922 Jrnl. Social Hygiene 8 417 It is customary for the police to observe the prostitute accost two men before they stop her when the third man is accosted. 1968 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 Nov. 3/5 The charges, under an Act promulgated last December alleged the men ‘loitered either to be accosted by a prostitute or for the purpose of inviting or soliciting any female to prostitute herself for pecuniary reward’. 2007 R. Kroes Photographic Memories i. 26 I was accosted by hookers but did not dare take their photographs. †2. intransitive. To draw near to or unto; to approach. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > draw near neighlecheeOE i-nehleche971 to draw nearc1330 to nigh nighc1330 nighle1340 to-neighea1382 nigha1387 to draw nigh?a1400 nighena1400 to nigh neara1400 to draw ona1450 neara1522 to close about, on, round, upon1523 accost1571 anear1582 anigh1594 proach1600 appropinquate1623 to close in1704 1571 R. Reynolds Chron. Noble Emperours f. 148^v Belisar..accosted nighe vnto the walles, and..defended himselfe with fighting against his enemyes. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 54 If, leaving naturall considerations, we accoast to the supernaturall. 3. transitive. figurative. To come upon, esp. suddenly or violently; to assail. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] to come at ——OE ofseche?c1225 approachc1305 proachc1450 coast1531 to make up to1596 accost1597 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > make hostile approach to runOE to seek on (also upon)c1230 pursuec1300 yerna1400 seek1487 visitc1515 coast1531 accost1597 to come at ——1601 to make against ——1628 to make at ——1637 tilt1796 rush1823 to come for ——1870 to move in1941 bum-rush1988 1597 Bp. J. Hall Defiance to Enuy in Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. sig. A4 That Envy should accost my Muse and mee. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 641 On the south side it is accosted [L. pulsatur] with the Severn sea. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iii. 46 Tob. Accost Sir Andrew, accost... And. Good mistris Mary, accost. To,..Accost, is front her, boord her, woe her, assayle her. a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) x. 72 Rebell not thou, nor in a hostile way Accoast thy Prince; or suffer, or obey. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ix. 172 How fade and insipid do all Objects accost us, that are not convey'd in the Vehicle of Delusion? a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 197 Incapable of resisting the first temptation that should accost him. 1827 Christian Advocate Nov. 501/1 In our country a young man must go in pursuit of evil, here it accosts him at every turn, and through every avenue. 1874 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius 16 All around Over the surface of my subtle being, As though I were a sphere, and capable To be accosted thus. 1916 Iron Tradesman Oct. 38/2 Judging from the poverty that accosts you, you wonder that the iron carters can survive. 1963 Jrnl. Warburg & Courtauld Inst. 26 198/2 Typographically..it accosts us with the same abruptness which must have characterised the performance itself. 1995 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 85 221/2 We have here a volume of unusual appeal, as much or more for the larger themes it accosts as for the interesting particularities of collective memorialization in specific places. †II. To go or lie alongside. 4. a. transitive. To travel alongside of; to keep by the side of. Also in figurative contexts. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > ride beside or ahead of accost1579 beride1690 the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > side [verb (transitive)] > be in or take up position at the side of > stand or walk at the side of to stand besidec1440 accost1579 side1587 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ix. 483 The french..who returned eftsoones to Genes after they had accoasted thenemy [Fr. apres qu'elle eut costoyé l'ennemie] to the Mount Argentaro. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. iii. 497 This [society of books] accosteth and secondeth all my course, and euery where assisteth me. b. transitive (reflexive). To associate or keep company with. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)] seeOE drawc1275 mella1300 meeta1325 fellow1340 usec1384 conjoinc1386 joinc1390 knitc1400 accompany1461 enfellowship1470 frequent1477 haunt1477 mixa1513 encompanya1533 combinea1535 contract1548 to take with ——1562 associate1581 to have a saying toa1593 cope1594 sort1594 to take in1597 consort1600 herd1606 factionate1611 to keep company (with)a1616 accost1633 solder1641 converse1649 walk1650 consociate1653 coalite1734 to get with ——a1772 forgather1786 unionize1810 to go rounda1867 to mix in1870 cop1940 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 92 Those that custome and acost themselues [L. versentur] with men Wise and Prudent..change from good to better. 5. intransitive. Of a hawk: to fly close to the ground. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [verb (intransitive)] > other actions tirec1220 beak1486 enseam1486 traverse1486 bind1575 crab1575 gleam1575 accost1596 canceleera1640 to wait on1773 to throw up1881 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. ii. sig. Aa7 Ne is there hauke, which mantleth her on pearch, Whether high towring, or accoasting low. View more context for this quotation 6. transitive. To border on, to adjoin; to flank. Also intransitive with to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be adjacent to adjoina1375 accost1596 join1837 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xi. sig. X7^v All the shores, which to the sea accoste, He day and night doth ward both far and wide. View more context for this quotation 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie 22 Iron when accoasted by two load-stones of equall vertue on either side, not daring to embrace either, hovereth in medio between both. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xix. 338 If his land accosteth the sea, he considereth what Havens therein are barr'd. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Derb. 234 Lapland hath since been often surrounded (so much as accosts the Sea) by the English. 1765 M. A. Porny Elements Heraldry Cotised is used by English Heralds to express any thing that is accosted, sided, or accompanied by another. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xxxii. 478 In chief an eagle crowned, and accosted by seven estoiles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1606v.1567
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accostn.

accostv.