English-Thai Dictionary

accost

VT ทัก (ด้วย ท่าที ที่ ไม่สุภาพ หรือ ขู่ ให้ กลัว  เข้าไป ทัก  thak

 

accost

VT เสนอขาย ตัว  solicit approach sa-noe-khai-tua

 

accosted

A ที่ พบกัน อย่างกล้าหาญ  tee-pob-kan-yang-kla-han

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACCOST

v.t. 1. To approach; to draw near; to come side by side, or face to face. [Not in use. ]
2. To speak first to; to address.

 

ACCOST

v.i.to adjoin. [Not in use. ]

 

ACCOSTABLE

a.Ease of access; familiar.

 

ACCOSTED

pp. Address; first spoken to. In heraldry, being side by side.

 

ACCOSTING

ppr. Addressing by first speaking to.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ACCOST

Ac *cost " (#; 115 ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accosted; p. pr. & vb. n.Accosting. ] Etym: [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.

 

ACCOST

ACCOST Ac *cost ", v. i.

 

Defn: To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs. ] "The shores which to the sea accost. " Spenser.

 

ACCOST

ACCOST Ac *cost ", n.

 

Defn: Address; greeting. [R.] J. Morley.

 

ACCOSTABLE

Ac *cost "a *ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. accostable. ]

 

Defn: Approachable; affable. [R.] Hawthorne.

 

ACCOSTED

ACCOSTED Ac *cost "ed, a. (Her. )

 

Defn: Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

accost

ac cost |əˈkôst, əˈkäst əˈkɔst | ▶verb [ with obj. ] approach and address (someone ) boldly or aggressively: reporters accosted him in the street | he was accosted by a thief, demanding his money or his life | a man tried to accost the girl on her way to school. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘lie or go alongside ’): from French accoster, from Italian accostare, from Latin ad- ‘to ’ + costa ‘rib, side. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

accost

ac ¦cost |əˈkɒst | ▶verb [ with obj. ] approach and address (someone ) boldly or aggressively: reporters accosted him in the street. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘lie or go alongside ’): from French accoster, from Italian accostare, from Latin ad- ‘to ’ + costa ‘rib, side ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

accost

accost verb police accosted him in the street: confront, call to, shout to, hail, address, speak to; approach, detain, stop, waylay; informal buttonhole, collar, bend someone's ear.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

accost

accost verb the police accosted him in the street: speak to, talk to, call to, shout to, hail, initiate a discussion with; address, approach, waylay, take aside, detain, stop, halt, grab, catch, confront, importune, solicit; informal buttonhole, collar; Brit. informal nobble.

 

French Dictionary

accostage

accostage n. m. nom masculin Action d ’accoster; le fait d ’accoster.

 

accoster

accoster v. tr. verbe transitif 1 S ’approcher contre, se ranger bord à bord avec, en parlant d ’un navire. : Le canot automobile de la brigade côtière accosta le bâtiment louche. SYNONYME aborder . Note Syntaxique En ce sens, le verbe accoster se construit également avec la préposition à ou absolument. Le bateau accosta à l ’extrémité du quai. Le paquebot vient d ’accoster. 2 Aborder quelqu ’un avec sans-gêne, avec brusquerie. : Il l ’accosta à la porte du café. Note Technique Par rapport au verbe aborder, qui peut avoir un sens favorable ou défavorable, le verbe accoster comporte une nuance péjorative. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

accost

ac cost /əkɔ́ːst |əkɔ́st /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈知らない人 〉に近寄って (ぶしつけに )話しかける ; 〈売春婦 浮浪者などが 〉〈通行人 〉に声をかける (!しばしば受け身で ) .