"effront" meaning in English

See effront in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: effronts [present, singular, third-person], effronting [participle, present], effronted [participle, past], effronted [past]
Etymology: From Middle French effronter, from Old French esfronter, from Late Latin effrontō, from the prefix ex- (“from”) + frōns (“forehead”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|effronter}} Middle French effronter, {{der|en|fro|esfronter}} Old French esfronter, {{der|en|la-lat|effrontō}} Late Latin effrontō Head templates: {{en-verb}} effront (third-person singular simple present effronts, present participle effronting, simple past and past participle effronted)
  1. (obsolete) To give self-confidence to. Tags: obsolete Related terms: effrontery, effrontit
    Sense id: en-effront-en-verb-dxc8OSpS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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