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,
And ran on.

Stephen Crane (I Saw a Man)