fronted, ppl. a.
(ˈfrʌntɛd)
[f. front n. or v. + -ed.]
Furnished with or having a front; formed with a front. With qualifying adverb: Having a front or countenance with a specified expression.
| 1615 J. Stephens Satyr. Ess., Impudent Censurer (1857) 133 Hee is so fronted with striving to discountenance knowlege, by the contempt of it, as you would think him borne to insolence. 1667 Milton P.L. ii. 532 Part curb thir fierie Steeds, or shun the Goal With rapid wheels, or fronted Brigads form. 1873 A. Dobson Vignettes in Rhyme, Sundial xii, So kindly fronted that you marvelled how The frequent sword-hilt had so frayed his glove. |