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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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