Con-frŏnt', v. t.
(kŏn-frŭnt') (Synop., § 130), v. t. [imp. & p. p. CONFRONTED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONFRONTING.] [Fr. confronter, Pr., Sp., & Pg. confrontar, It. & L. Lat. confrontare, from Lat. con and frons, the forehead or front.]
Sense 1. To stand facing, or in front of; to face.
We four, indeed, confronted here with four In Russian habit. Shak.
He spake, and then confronts the bull, And on his forehead aiming full, The deadly stroke descended. Dryden.
Sense 2. To stand in direct opposition to; to oppose.
The east and west churches did both confront the Jews and concur with them. Hooker.
Sense 3. To set face to face for examination and discovery of the truth; to set together for comparison; to compare.
When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands. Addison.