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cow face(medicine)
face(encyclopedia)
face(2)(dictionary)
face(1)(dictionary)
en face(dictionary)
about-face(dictionary)
Face Value(money)
E face(medicine)
Face(medicine)

face(2) (iou) and lentitude (iou)


face(2) (iou)



face verb. LME.
[from the noun.]
I. Confront, look at or towards.
verb intrans. Show a bold face; brag, swagger. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
b. Be false. Only in L16.
a. verb trans. Confront with assurance or impudence; bully. LME-M17.
face out of exclude shamelessly from; bully out of.
b. verb trans. Meet face to face; confront or oppose bravely or with confidence. M17.
face down overcome (a person) by a show of determination or by browbeating. face out see (something) through with effrontery or impudence. face the Music accept resolutely difficult or unpleasant consequences.
Lyndon B. Johnson India faced an important governmental crisis early in 1966.
c. verb trans. & intrans. foll. by up to. Consider seriously (an idea, a fact, etc.); accept the inevitability, irrevocability of. L18.
face the facts not shrink from or confront the truth, esp. when unwelcome. let's face it we must recognize an unwelcome fact.
M. L. King My fears began to go...I was ready to face anything.
verb intrans.
a. Look in a certain direction. (Foll. by to, towards.) L16.
J. Dickey I faced ahead..and watched the rest of the light come.
b. Be situated with the face or front in a specified direction. (Foll. by on, to.) L18.
verb trans. Look towards; be situated opposite to, front towards. M17.
H. James He was one of the men who fully face you when they talk of themselves. S. Gibbons The cowsheds faced the house.
b. Of an engraving, illustration, etc.: stand on the opposite page to. M18.
verb intrans. Chiefly Military. Turn around so as to be looking in a specified direction. Also foll. by about, round. M17.
F. A. Griffiths Right or left about three-quarters face.
verb trans.
a. Direct the looks of. Only in M17.
b. Military. Cause (soldiers) to turn and front in a certain direction. M19.
verb trans. Turn (a playing-card etc.) face up. L17.
verb intrans. Ice Hockey & Lacrosse. Start or restart play by dropping the puck, or ball, between the sticks of two opposing players. Also foll. by off. M19.
b. verb trans. Place (the puck or ball) in this way to start or restart play. Also foll. by off. M19.
II. Put a face or facing on.
verb trans. Provide (a garment) with facings. M16.
R. Graves His uniform was now the green tunic faced with red.
b. Trim, deck, adorn. M16-L17.
verb trans. Cover (a surface) with a layer of another material. L17.
A. Gray The tenements were faced with grey stone instead of red.
verb trans. Smooth the face or surface of. Also foll. by down, up. M19.
verb trans. Coat (tea) with some colouring substance. Also foll. by up. M19.

lentitude (iou)



lentitude noun. E17.
[Latin lentitudo, from lentus slow: see -TUDE.]
Slowness, lethargy.