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effront

effront verb: to give self-confidence to.

Verb

effront (third-person singular simple present effronts, present participle effronting, simple past and past participle effronted)

  1. (obsolete) To give self-confidence to.
    • I am naturally bashful; nor hath conversation, age, or travel, been able to effront, or enhardem me.1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici

Forms of effront

third-person singular presenteffronts
present participleeffronting
past participleeffronted
pasteffronted

Origin of effront

From Middle French effronter, from Old French esfronter, from Late Latin effrontō, from the prefix ex- (“from”) + frōns (“forehead”).

Questions about effront

What does effront mean?
Effront means to give self-confidence to.
What part of speech is effront?
Effront is a verb.
What is the past tense of effront?
The past tense of effront is effronted.

Words near effront in the dictionary

  1. effraying
  2. effrays
  3. Effraz
  4. effrenate
  5. effrenation
  6. effront
  7. effronted
  8. effronteries
  9. effronterous
  10. effrontery
  11. effronting

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