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accost
v. approach, confront, waylay (often aggressively); solicit, proposition


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accost
Verb
1. speak to someone
(synonym) address, come up to
(hypernym) come, come up
(hyponym) greet, recognize, recognise
2. approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
(synonym) hook, solicit
(hypernym) offer
(verb-group) hook, snare



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Accost
(v. t.)
To speak to first; to address; to greet.
  
 
(v. t.)
To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
  
 
(v. t.)
To approach; to make up to.
  
 
(v. i.)
To adjoin; to lie alongside.
  
 
(n.)
Address; greeting.
  

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accost
v. a.
بولنا , مخاطب کرنا يا ہونا , رجوع ہونا

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accost
Synonyms and related words:
address, advance, apostrophize, appeal to, approach, appropinquate, approximate, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up, bespeak, bid good day, bid good morning, bow to, buttonhole, call to, close, close in, close with, come, come closer, come forward, come near, come on, come up, confront, curtsy, draw near, draw nigh, encounter, exchange greetings, gain upon, greet, hail, halloo, invoke, kiss, kiss hands, lift the hat, narrow the gap, near, nod to, proximate, pull the forelock, salute, say hello, shake, shake hands, sidle up to, speak, speak fair, speak to, step up, take aside, talk to, touch the hat, uncover
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.

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