The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: confront)
Usage examples of "confronted".
Profusely apologizing, he was confronted by a glaring Oterel, who accused him of barging in on Lord Holders.
He had been confronted with a series of disclosures that both confused and disturbed basic precepts.
She did sufficiently recover her aplomb after being so uncompromisingly confronted to complain in an exaggerated whine that a dogsled was not the same thing as a unicorn ride at all.
Heineman's voice was deadly now and Nora was suddenly as scared as she'd been when she confronted her father and insisted on her student rights.
In that pose, she might have been an elderly schoolteacher confronted with a moral dilemma outside her experience.
I have video records of this, and of the beings who confronted us on a planetary base.
Zonzalo gasped, flattening himself against the wall as Gap Tooth and Small Spot confronted him.
Zainal now confronted Aarens, picked him up by the fold of his coverall and carried him, one-handed, to the front.
But years of army discipline intervened, and Chuck assumed a properly military stance, far more humble than any American soldier would present even if a four star general or the president of the United States confronted him.
Larad says that he ought to have confronted Sigomal immediately and demanded that he forget such a heinous scheme.
J’trel had seen that look before on others and had worn it himself when first confronted by the dragons’ amazing ability, so he waited patiently for the question he knew she would ask.
She stepped out of the protective curve of Roger’s arm and confronted Linc with a flashing, professional smile.
Then she stood and confronted Linc, holding the case protectively against her body.
When confronted by death, life reverted to a basic biological strategy: reproduction.
On the other hand, Shelley’s ex-husband had taught her all about the average male IQ when confronted with a D-cup bra and a breathy, little-girl voice.