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Affrontingly Affrontingly Af*front"ing*ly, adv.
In an affronting manner.
Confronting Confront Con*front", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confronted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Confronting.] [F. confronter; L. con- + frons the
forehead or front. See Front.]
1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face
hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
We four, indeed, confronted were with four In
Russian habit. --Shak.
He spoke and then confronts the bull. --Dryden.
Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew her forcibly
into her arms, confronting the old Puritan
magistrate with almost a fierce expression.
--Hawthorne.
It was impossible at once to confront the might of
France and to trample on the liberties of England.
--Macaulay.
2. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to
confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.
3. To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast;
to compare.
When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show
you the same design executed by different hands.
--Addison.
Fronting Front Front, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fronted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fronting.]
1. To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a
hostile manner.
You four shall front them in the narrow lane.
--Shak.
2. To appear before; to meet.
[Enid] daily fronted him In some fresh splendor.
--Tennyson.
3. To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as,
the house fronts the street.
And then suddenly front the changed reality. --J.
Morley.
4. To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his
house fronts the church.
5. To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a
house with marble; to front a head with laurel.
Yonder walls, that pertly front your town. --Shak.
Frontingly Frontingly Front"ing*ly, adv.
In a fronting or facing position; opposingly.
Frontiniac Frontiniac Fron`tin*iac", n.
See Frontignac.
