Accost

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 4

ak-kost′, v.t. to speak first to: to addre .— ns. Accost′ , Accost′ing ( obs. ), addre : greeting.— adj. Accost′able , easy of acce . [O. Fr. a coster —Low L. accostāre , to be side by side—L. ad , to, costa , a side.]