accost
31accost — v.tr. 1 approach and address (a person), esp. boldly. 2 (of a prostitute) solicit. Etymology: F accoster f. It. accostare ult. f. L costa rib: see COAST …
32re-accost — …
33Accosted — 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 …
34Accosting — 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 …
35assault — as·sault 1 /ə sȯlt/ n [Old French assaut, literally, attack, ultimately from Latin assultus, from assilire to leap (on), attack] 1: the crime or tort of threatening or attempting to inflict immediate offensive physical contact or bodily harm… …
36hail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. greeting, welcome; hail stones. See cold. v. salute, greet, call, summon; accost, address. See courtesy, indication. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hailstorm, sleet, hailstone, graupel, soft hail, ice; see… …
37front — verb. The word has existed as a verb since the 16c in the straightforward sense ‘to have its front in a specified direction’, i.e. ‘to face’. Typical subjects of the verb include buildings, rooms, or prospects. A parallel strand of meaning… …
38accoast — Etymology: Middle French accoster more at accost obsolete variant of accost * * * accoast, v., accoasting, vbl. n. The older forms of accost, accosting, while they retained the sense of to coast, border upon, or …
39Accoast — Ac*coast ([a^]k*k[=o]st ), v. t. & i. [See {Accost}, {Coast}.] To lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Whether high towering or accoasting low. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …
40Greet — Greet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Greeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Greeting}.] [OE. greten, AS. gr[=e]tan to address, approach; akin to OS. gr[=o]tian, LG. gr[ o]ten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. gr[ u]ssen. [root]50.] 1. To address with salutations or… …
