afront

adv, prep — 2 senses

afront

adv

Etymology From a- + front.

1

in front; face to face

afront

prep

Etymology From a- + front.

1

in front of

These four came all afront, and mainly thrust / at me. I made me no more ado, but took all their seven / points in my target, thus!a. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, act 2, scene 4, lines 195–197:

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