Confronted

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Confront \Con*front"\, 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.
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              We four, indeed, confronted were with four
              In Russian habit.                     --Shak.
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              He spoke and then confronts the bull. --Dryden.
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              Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew her forcibly
              into her arms, confronting the old Puritan
              magistrate with almost a fierce expression.
                                                    --Hawthorne.
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              It was impossible at once to confront the might of
              France and to trample on the liberties of England.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     2. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to
        confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.
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     3. To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast;
        to compare.
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              When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show
              you the same design executed by different hands.
                                                    --Addison.
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