Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-FRONT', v.t. [It. confrontare; Sp. and Port. confronta; Fr. confronter; con and front, the forehead, or front, L. frons.]

1. To stand face to face in full view; to face; to stand in front. He spoke and then confronts the bull. – Dryden.
2. To stand in direct opposition; to oppose. The East and West churches did both confront the Jews, and concur with them. – Hooker.
3. To set face to face; to bring into the presence of; as an accused person and a witness, in court, for examination and discovery of the truth; followed by with. The witnesses are confronted with the accused, the accused with one another, or the witnesses with one another. – Encyc.
4. To set together for comparison; to compare one thing with another. When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands. – Addison.