verb / uh-kos-tid / accost / accosts / accosting
to approach and speak to someone in a challenging way
I SAW a man pursuing the horizon;
Round and round they sped.
I was disturbed at this;
I accosted the man.
“It is futile,” I said,
“You can never” —“You lie,” he cried,
Stephen Crane (I Saw a Man)
And ran on.
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