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Webster 1913 Edition
Confront
Con-front′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Confronted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Confronting
.] 1.
To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
We four, indeed,
In Russian habit.
confronted
were with fourIn Russian habit.
Shakespeare
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 doing3.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Confront
CONFRONT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To stand face to face in full view; to face; to stand in front.He spoke and then confronts the bull.
2.
To stand in direct opposition; to oppose.The East and West churches did both confront the Jews, and concur with them.
3.
To set face to face; to bring into the presence of; as a accused person and a witness, in court, for examination and discovery of the truth; followed by with.The witnesses are confronted with the accused, the accused with one another, or the witnesses with one another.
4.
To set together for comparison; to compare one thing with another.When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands.
Definition 2024
confront
confront
English
Verb
confront (third-person singular simple present confronts, present participle confronting, simple past and past participle confronted)
- (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.
- We should confront him about the missing money.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To something bring face to face with.
- (transitive) To come up against; to encounter.
- (intransitive) To engage in confrontation.
- (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
- (transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
- confronté (heraldry)
Translations
to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
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to deal with
to something bring face to face with
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to come up against; to encounter
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to engage in confrontation
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to set a thing side by side with; to compare
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to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to
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