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.

We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. --Shak.

He spoke and then confronts the bull. --Dryden.

Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew her forcibly into her arms, confronting the old Puritan magistrate with almost a fierce expression. --Hawthorne.

It was impossible at once to confront the might of France and to trample on the liberties of England. --Macaulay.

2. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.

3. To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.

When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands. --Addison.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)