slovo | definícia |
accosting (encz) | accosting,souhlasení v: |
Accosting (gcide) | 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.
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2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic] --Shak.
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3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. "Him, Satan thus
accosts." --Milton.
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Accosting (gcide) | 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.
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2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic] --Shak.
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3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. "Him, Satan thus
accosts." --Milton.
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