All 3 Uses of
confront
in
The Idiot
- But again, amidst the incontrovertible facts just recorded, one more, equally significant, rose up to confront the family; and this was, that the eldest daughter, Alexandra, had imperceptibly arrived at her twenty-fifth birthday.†
Chpt 1.4
- So they stood for a moment or two, confronting one another.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- The gentleman known as the "boxer" now confronted the enraged officer.†
Chpt 3.2
Definition:
to deal directly with an unpleasant situation or person
or:
to challenge someone -- often by presenting evidence
or:
to challenge someone -- often by presenting evidence