Obs. [In 17th c. f. CONFRONT v. (cf. It. confronto); the 15th-c. instance suggests an OF. or med.L. form.]
1. Frontier, boundary, confine. rare.
c. 1430. Lydg., Bochas, IV. xi. (1554), 110 a. In the confronte of the lond of Phenice.
2. The act of facing or confronting; a face-to-face encounter; an affront.
c. 1605. Rowley, Birth Merl., IV. i. 338. With a full vengeance They mean to meet us; so we are ready To their confront.
c. 1616. Fletcher, Q. of Corinth, III. i. To countenance us in the confronts and affronts, which we mean on all occasions to put upon the lord Euphanes.
a. 1670. Hacket, Abp. Williams, II. (1692), 187. A confront no less outragious than if they had given him battle.
1681. Trial S. Colledge, 74. I have had great confronts about you since you went away.
3. The position of facing.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., IV. v. 190. That should bee the right in one, which upon confront or facing stands athwart or diagonially unto the other.
