2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
confronting
n : taking the bull by the horns [syn: {braving}, {coping with},
{grappling}, {tackling}]
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