accost
n. திறப்புச்சொல், கைகூப்புரை, வணக்கமொழி, அழைப்பு, (வினை) அணுகி அழை, முதலில் பேசு, கைதட்டி அழை, கைகாட்டிக் கூப்பிடு.
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Ac*cost" (#; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accosted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accosting.] Etym: [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. Defn: To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] "The shores which to the sea accost." Spenser. Ac*cost", n. Defn: Address; greeting. [R.] J. Morley.