confront

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility: I wish to confront my accuser in a court of law.
2. v. To bring face to face with: The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt.
3. v. To come up against; encounter: confronted danger at every turn.
4. v. To engage in confrontation: "She got no child support. [She] didn't argue or confront” ( Gail Sheehy).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To stand facing; be in front of; face.
2. To stand in direct opposition to; meet in hostility; oppose; challenge.
3. To set face to face; bring into the presence of, as for proof or verification: followed by with: as, the accused was confronted with the witness, or with the body of his victim.
4. To set together for comparison; bring into contrast: with with.
5. n. Opposition; an opposing.

Wiktionary

1. v. To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.
2. v. To deal with.
3. v. To something bring face to face with.
4. v. To come up against; to encounter.
5. v. To engage in confrontation.
6. v. To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
7. v. To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
2. v. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet.
3. v. To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. oppose, as in hostility or a competition
2. v. present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
3. v. be face to face with
4. v. deal with (something unpleasant) head on