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confront (verb), confronts; confronted; confronting
1. To meet someone face to face with hostile or argumentative intentions: Jacob confronted his brother and accused him of hiding his French book which he needed for school the following day.
2. Etymology: from French confronter; from Latin confrontare; from Latin con-, "with" + frons, front-, "face".
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2. Etymology: from French confronter; from Latin confrontare; from Latin con-, "with" + frons, front-, "face".
![To bring face to face with defiance.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/confront-1.jpg)
![To set side by side for comparison of one's faults.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/confront-2.jpg)
![To face hostility or danger with someone.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/confront-3.jpg)
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(confronting death by William Cullen Bryant)
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Confronting Iran in an election year is still a challenge for candidates.
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