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A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth.

2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. [Colloq.]

He was a most confounded tory. Swift.

The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.

Con*found"ed*ly, adv. Extremely; odiously; detestably. [Colloq.] "Confoundedly sick." Goldsmith.

Con*found"ed*ness, n. The state of being confounded.

Their witty descant of my confoundedness. Milton.

Con*found"er (?), n. One who confounds.

Con"fract` (?), a. [L. confractus, p. p. of confringere.] Broken in pieces; severed. [Obs.]

Con`fra*gose" (?), a. [L. confragosus; con- + fragosus, fr. frangere. See Fragile.] Broken; uneven. [Obs.] "Confragose cataracts." Evelyn.

Con`fra*ter"ni*ty (?), n.; pl. Confraternities (#). [LL. confraternitas: cf. F. confraternitÚ. See Fraternity.] A society or body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood.

These live in one society and confraternity. Stow.

||Con`frere" (&?;), n. [F.] Fellow member of a fraternity; intimate associate.

Con`fri*ca"tion (?), n. [L. confricatio, fr. confricare to rub vigorously.] A rubbing together; friction. [Obs.] Bacon.

Con*fri"er (?), n. [Cf. F. confrŔre. See Friar.] A confrŔre. [Obs.] Weever.

Con*front" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Confronting.] [F. confronter; L. con- + frons the forehead or front. See Front.] 1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. Shak.

He spoke and then confronts the bull. Dryden.

Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew her forcibly into her arms, confronting the old Puritan magistrate with almost a fierce expression. Hawthorne.

It was impossible at once to confront the might of France and to trample on the liberties of England. Macaulay.

2. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.

3. To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.

When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands. Addison.

Con`fron*ta"tion (?), n. [LL. confrontatio.] Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.

||Con`fron`tÚ" (&?;), a. [F., p. p. confronter.] (Her.) Same as AffrontÚ.

Con*front"er (?), n. One who confronts.

A confronter in authority. Speed.

confronting n. dealing with (a person or problem) directly; taking the bull by the horns. Syn. -- braving, coping with, grappling, tackling. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]