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 Af·front v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affronting.]
 1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [Obs.]
    All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant.   --Holland.
 That he, as 't were by accident, may here
 Affront Ophelia.   --Shak.
 2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic]
 3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.
    How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius?   --Addison.
 Syn: -- To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight; defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle.