accost
verb (used with object)
to confront boldly.
will accost
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future tenseof accost.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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On the contrary, he is allotted only flickering glimpses, which will accost him unpredictably and, often, woundingly.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2013
"If someone carries a gun without a permit, we will accost him," the officer said.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well, I will accost him.—Health to our stock of stoical wit, ingenious Timon!
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley
"Well, you will accost him with these words: 'M. Fouquet, I have the honor to inform you that I have just left St. Mandé.'"
From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas père
"Well, you will accost him with these words: 'M. Fouquet, I have the honor to inform you that I have just left Saint-Mande.'"
From Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas père
