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Verb: accost  u'kóst
  1. Get someone's attention in order to speak them, esp. against their will or to influence them
    - buttonhole [informal], nobble [Brit, informal]
     
  2. Approach with an offer of sexual favours
    "he was accosted by a prostitute";
    - solicit

Derived forms: accosted, accosting, accosts

Type of: come, come up, furnish, offer, provide, render, supply

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accord and satisfaction
accordance
accordance of rights
accordant
according
accordingly
accordion
accordion door
accordion fold
accordionist
accost
accouchement
accoucheur
accoucheuse
account
account book
account executive
account for
account payable
account representative
account statement