Accost \Ac*cost"\, v. i.
   To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] "The shores which to the
   sea accost." --Spenser.
   
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Accost \Ac*cost"\, n.
   Address; greeting. [R.] --J. Morley.
   
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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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