outface
English
Etymology
out- + face
Verb
outface (third-person singular simple present outfaces, present participle outfacing, simple past and past participle outfaced)
- (transitive) To disconcert someone with an unblinking face-to-face confrontation; to stare down; to withsay
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, OCLC 24594216, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- Thou maiſt I warrant, we ſhall haue old ſwearing / That they did giue the Rings away to men, / But weele out-face them, and out-ſweare them too, [...]
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii], page 187, column 2:
- Weele haue a ſwaſhing and marſhall outſide, / As manie other manniſh cowards haue, / That doe outface it with their ſemblances.
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- (transitive) To boldly confront a situation.
Anagrams
- face out