資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Accosted \Ac*cost"ed\, a. (Her.)
   Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.

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.

   2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic] --Shak.

   3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. ``Him, Satan thus
      accosts.'' --Milton.