Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To confront; to oppose; to withstand.
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- verb obsolete To
confront ; tooppose ; towithstand .
Etymologies
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over- + front
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Examples
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When things indifferent shall be set to overfront us, under the banners of Sin, what wonder if we be routed, and, by this art of our Adversary, fall into the subjection of worst and deadliest offences!
The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864
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When things indifferent shall be set to overfront us, under the banners of Sin, what wonder if we be routed, and, by this art of our Adversary, fall into the subjection of worst and deadliest offences!
The Life of John Milton Masson, David, 1822-1907 1859
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