tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs 1. To approach and speak to, especially aggressively or insistently, as with a demand or request. 2. To approach and speak to with the intent of having sex. [French accoster, from Old French, from Medieval Latin accostāre, to adjoin : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin costa, side; see kost- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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