Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fronting"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Front \Front\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fronted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fronting}.]
1. To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a
hostile manner.

You four shall front them in the narrow lane.
--Shak.

2. To appear before; to meet.

[Enid] daily fronted him In some fresh splendor.
--Tennyson.

3. To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as,
the house fronts the street.

And then suddenly front the changed reality. --J.
Morley.

4. To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his
house fronts the church.

5. To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a
house with marble; to front a head with laurel.

Yonder walls, that pertly front your town. --Shak.

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