Associations to the word «Accost»

Wiktionary

ACCOST, verb. (transitive) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
ACCOST, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
ACCOST, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To approach; to come up to.
ACCOST, verb. (transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.
ACCOST, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To adjoin; to lie alongside.
ACCOST, verb. To solicit sexually.
ACCOST, noun. (rare) Address; greeting.

Dictionary definition

ACCOST, verb. Speak to someone.
ACCOST, verb. Approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn