[f. the vb.] Address, salutation, greeting.
1854. Mrs. Gaskell, North & S., viii., in Househ. Wds., No. 236. 159/1. She shrunk with fastidious pride from their hail-fellow accost, and severely resented their unconcealed curiosity.
1859. Ramsay, Scot. Life & Char., 60. I recollect her accost to me as well as if it were yesterday.
1877. J. Morley, Crit. Misc., Ser. II. 248. The warm kindliness of his accost.
