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confront
1560s, "to stand in front of," from M.Fr.
confronter
, from M.L.
confrontare
"assign limits, adjoin," from L.
com-
"together" +
frontem
(nom.
frons
) "forehead." Sense of "to face in defiance or hostility" is c.1580.
