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downfaces

downfaces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of downface.

downfaces is the plural of downface.

Meaning of downface

Verb

downface (third-person singular simple present downfaces, present participle downfacing, simple past and past participle downfaced)

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To persist in an assertion in the face of opposition.
    • He will not admit anything, and downfaces everybody. If he can't out-argue them he bullies them, and then takes their silence for agreement with his views.1897, Bram Stoker, “Mina Murray’s Journal”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC, chapter VI, page 71
  2. (transitive) To disparage; to cause to lose face.
    • Shucks, I didn't want fer them furriners to downface me and, sartin sure, didn't want my kinspeople to be shamed afore them.1958, June E. Reed, Jest Olga, page 13

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What is downfaces the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Downfaces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of downface.

Words near downfaces in the dictionary

  1. downeyite
  2. downeyoside
  3. Downeys
  4. downface
  5. downfaced
  6. downfaces
  7. downfacing
  8. downfal
  9. downfall
  10. downfallen
  11. downfalling

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