Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AC-COST'
AC-COST', v.t. [Fr. accoster; ad and côte, side, border, coast; G. küste; D. kust; Dan. kyst.]
- To approach; to draw near; to come side by side, or face face. [Not in use.]
- To speak first to; to address. – Milton. Dryden.
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