Confront

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transitive verb

Etymology: Middle French confronter to border on, confront, from Medieval Latin confrontare to bound, from Latin com- + front-, frons forehead, front
Date: circa 1568
1. to face especially in challenge ; oppose <confront an enemy
2.
- a. to cause to meet ; bring face-to-face <confront a reader with statistics
- b. to meet face-to-face ; encounter <confronted the possibility of failure
? confrontal noun
? confronter noun