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confront(dictionary)

confront (iou)



confront verb trans. M16.
[French confronter from medieval Latin confrontare, from Latin CON- + frons, front- forehead, face, FRONT noun.]
Stand or meet facing, esp. in hostility or defiance; stand against, oppose. M16.
Ld Macaulay John Hampden..had the courage..to confront the whole power of the government. Quiller-Couch I am only coarse when confronted by respectability.
Bring together face to face; bring face to face with. M16.
Burke When and where the parties might be examined and confronted. G. Greene A criminal should be confronted with his crime, for he may..betray himself.
b. Set (a thing) face to face or side by side with another for purposes of comparison; compare. E17.
B. Jowett The old order of things makes so poor a figure when confronted with the new.
Place (a thing) facing to; set in contrast to. rare. M17.
confronter noun a person who or thing which confronts L16.
confrontment noun (now rare) E17.