effront

English

Verb

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

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