Confront : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Confront	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Confront
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confront v oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" Synonym(s): confront, face deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" Synonym(s): confront, face up, face Antonym(s): avoid present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" Synonym(s): confront, face, present be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confront \Confront"\, 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.