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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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AFFRONTEDLY adv.
Shamelessly. [Obs.] Bacon.
AFFRONTEE n.
One who receives an affront. Lytton.
AFFRONTER n.
One who affronts, or insults to the face.
AFFRONTINGLY adv.
In an affronting manner.
AFFRONTIVE a.
Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive. How affrontive it is to despise mercy. South.
AFFRONTIVENESS n.
The quality that gives an affront or offense. [R.] Bailey.
AFRONT adv.
In front; face to face. -- prep. In front of. Shak.
BIFRONTED a.
Having two fronts. "Bifronted Janus." Massinger.
BULLFROG n.
A very large species of frog (Rana Catesbiana), found in North America; -- so named from its loud bellowing in spring.
CHAMFRON n.
The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse. [Written also champfrain and chamfrain.]
CONFRONT v. 3 definitions
To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
CONFRONTATION n.
Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.
CONFRONTE a.
Same as Affronté.
CONFRONTER n.
One who confronts.
CONFRONTING n.
dealing with (a person or problem) directly; taking the bull by the horns. Syn. -- braving, coping with, grappling, tackling. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
CONFRONTMENT n. 2 definitions
The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.
DISFROCK v.
To unfrock.
EFFRONT v.
To give assurance to. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
EFFRONTERY n.
Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance. Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. Bancroft.
EFFRONTIT a.
Marked by impudence. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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