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.