outfacev.

Brit.

/ˌaʊtˈfeɪs/, U.S.

/ˌaʊtˈfeɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, face v.

Etymology: < out- prefix + face v. Compare to face it out at face v. Phrases 1d.

a. transitive. To disconcert, silence, or defeat (a person) by face-to-face confrontation or a display of confidence, arrogance, etc.; to stare down. Frequently in extended use.Earliest in to outface with a card of ten: to boast, put on a bold front (see card of ten at card n.² Phrases 1).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > oppose or confront impudently

face1465

overfacec1475

outface?1499

to face down (also out)1530

out-countenancec1585

outstare1596

outlook1599

nose1632

to stare down1798

out-breast1839

?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Bij Fyrste pycke a quarell & fall oute with hym then And soo outface hym with a carde of ten.

a1569 M. Coverdale Fruitful Lessons (1593) sig. Mm2 To take too much vppon vs, that with bragging or arrogancie wee would outface the weake.

1587 D. Fenner Def. Godlie Ministers sig. Gii To rayse tumultes, and by number to out-face our Superiours.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. ii. 17 We shal haue old swearing that they did giue the rings away to men; but wele out-face them, and out-sweare them to.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. ix. 45 Oppose thy stedfast gazing eyes to mine, See if thou canst out-face me with thy lookes.

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid v. 363 These impudent wenches would have outfaced me therein.

1714 R. Smith Poems 111 Yet his Courage did out-face dispair.

1756 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIII. 215 They will outface and out~lung you.

1854 J. Ruskin Two Paths i. §9 I have put this painful question before you, only that we may face it thoroughly, and, as I hope, out-face it.

1898 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Nov. 3/2 It has happened to me to find myself before a common silk that outfaced all the reds of nature.

1973 Times 5 Apr. 18/8 I am outfaced by the sheer complication of getting to Heathrow.

1992 Times 12 Sept. 8/7 At a meeting of CDU Bundestag members, the chancellor out-faced the rebels.

†b. transitive. To force from by confronting. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 259 Then did wee two set on you foure, and with a worde, outfac't you from your prize.

2. transitive. To face boldly or defiantly, to confront fearlessly or shamelessly; to brave, defy, stand up to. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > confront

abidec1275

stand?1316

visagec1386

bidec1400

to stand to ——1562

affront1569

to look (a person, etc.) in the face1573

outface1574

front1582

to meet with1585

confront1594

propose1594

to stand up to1596

outfront1631

to stand forth to1631

head1682

meet1725

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > defy

stout1303

defy1377

beard1476

brave1546

brag1551

outface1574

to hold (a person) waga1578

dare1580

outbrave1589

bedarea1596

maugre1597

championa1616

to bid defiance to1632

stem1675

bravadea1698

bravo1732

1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 116 This so great assurednesse whereby a man may be bold to outface the diuell, sinne, death, and hell gates.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1149/1 If you meet your brother in the street, shun him not, but outface him.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 177 Ile..with presented nakednes outface, The wind, and persecution of the skie.

1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) ii. iii. 206 The Pharisee stood upon his own justification, and with a brazen impudence outfaces heaven.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan 237 He was one of those men, who, lacking firmness to withstand peril, or outface calamity, go, skulking and cowering, over this brave earth, till there is no help for them.

1827 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 36 337 Professors of holiness, and professors of patriotism, when they are thoroughly versed in their trade, can outface infamy.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 9 They..outface you with an eye that challenges inquiry.

1973 N. Freedman Joshua 126 ‘Why not Bowdoin Square?’ Josh asked, outfacing him.

1990 F. M. Hendry Quest for Babe (BNC) 93 She braced herself to outface him... ‘Well father? Have you nothing to say to me?’

†3.

a. transitive. To maintain (something false or shameful) with boldness or effrontery; to brazen out. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > brazen out

to brazen (out)a1555

to set a brazen face upon1573

outface1581

overface1600

to ruffle out1612

outbrazen1680

1581 W. Fulke in A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion (1584) ii. sig. K iij b I see you would outface the matter.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxi. 184 The Damsell,..at sight of her own letter, was soon blank, and more ingenuous then to stand outfacing.

1679 W. Bedloe Narr. Horrid Popish Plot Epist. sig. A2 I scarce know which is greatest, Their Impudence in committing horrid Villanies, or in out-facing them, when they are done.

1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Wars of Jews i. xvii, in Wks. 789 Why cannot you give over this way of Shuffling and Out-facing Things, and rather make a Frank Confession?

b. transitive. To contradict (a person) to his or her face; to controvert or deny (a statement, etc.) boldly, defiantly, or impudently. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (transitive)] > boldly or impudently

outface1586

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 380 For a yea or a nay, they forthwith thinke that the lie is giuen them, and that they are out-faced.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxxxix. 77 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 236 This cursed brood..Would with proud lies, thy truth outface.

1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 15 Which..if we shall still avouch to be a command, he palpably denying it, this is not to expound S^t. Paul, but to out-face him.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. ix. 28 Who can outface so Ancient and Loud Tradition?

c. transitive. To maintain boldly or impudently to the face of (a person); to declare emphatically to (someone) that something is the case. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > maintaining or upholding as true > maintain or uphold as true [verb (transitive)] > boldly or impudently

outfacea1636

a1636 H. Lynde Case for Spectacles (1638) 58 They have out~faced the world in their Preface, that their Translation is so exact and precise.

1654 R. Vilvain Theoremata Theologica Suppl. 240 The Ægyptian Sorcerers..outfaced the King, that they were Serpents which looked like Rods.

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iv. i. 39 He made me keep Lent last year till Whitsontide, and out-fac'd me with Oaths, it was but Easter.

Derivatives

† outfaced adj. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > [adjective] > denied or contradicted

disclaimed1595

contradicted1598

outfaced1618

denied1859

1618 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. IV. O.T. xiii. 186 Conviction of a denied, and out-faced disobedience.

1649 in C. Wase tr. Sophocles Electra p. xvi Yet though th'out-faced Noon she down may beat, The Dark brings Vision, and the Silence threat.

† outfacer n. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person

bolda1400

capron hardya1477

malaperta1529

jackanapes1534

past-shame1553

saucea1556

saucy-face1566

outfacer1579

impudent1586

Jack sauce?1590

brazen-face1602

impertinence1611

impertinent1612

insolency1613

insolenta1616

brass-face1647

flapsea1652

impudence1671

bold-face1692

ironface1697

Corinthian1699

scandal-proof1699

saucy-box1702

busker1728

insolence1740

effronterist1776

pert1785

nash-gab1816

card1853

pawk1855

sass-box1856

a one1880

cockapert1881

1579 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) vii. vi. f. 169^v Defended from..lyers, from outfacers, shameles persons and theues.

outˈfacing adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun]

hardiessec1300

boldness1377

malapertness?a1439

over-boldnessc1450

insolencya1513

protervitya1527

impudency1529

sauce malapert1529

petulancy1537

procacitya1538

audacity1545

sauceliness1552

forehead1564

hardihead1579

hardihood1594

outfacing1598

audaciousness1599

impudentness1599

petulancea1600

impertinency1609

impertinence1612

impudencea1616

procacya1620

affrontedness1640

brow1642

front1653

insolence1668

affrontery1679

assurance1699

effrontery1715

affrontiveness1721

swagger1725

imperence1765

cheek1823

sassiness1834

cheekiness1838

pawk1855

gall1882

chutzpah1886

face1890

mouth1891

crust1900

rind1901

smarting1902

hide1916

brass neck1937

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] > defiant

stout1390

outbraving1593

outfacing1598

dareful1614

defiatory1635

outdaring1644

braving1679

defensive1785

bravadoing1809

defying1834

defianta1837

1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) sig. M^v Come Night and lay thy veluet hand On glorious Dayes outfacing face.

1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse i. v, in Wks. (1873) III. 11 I know he is a Bawd by his out-facing.

1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. ii. 13 (table) Eroded anticlines show in-facing scarps; eroded synclines, out-facing scarps.

a1972 J. Garrigue Stud. for Actress (1973) 174 You'd think she knew a triumph that could come From something more than malice and than wrong And this outfacing brings her prisoners.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	outface
释义	† outfacen. Forms: see out- prefix and face n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, face n. Etymology: < out- prefix + face n. Obsolete. The outer or external face; the outside, surface. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [noun] scalec1400 superfice?c1400 superficie?a1425 overfacec1475 plata1522 superficies1530 situation1558 outface1570 upperface1583 surface1600 superface1633 periphery1664 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. dj ^v The vtface, or Superficies of the earth. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. §2. 192 The out~face of the ground could not be obscured. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Building That no Door-Frame, or Window-Frame of Wood, in London and Westminster..shall be set nearer to the Outface of the Wall than four Inches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018). outfacev. Brit. /ˌaʊtˈfeɪs/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈfeɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, face v. Etymology: < out- prefix + face v. Compare to face it out at face v. Phrases 1d. 1. a. transitive. To disconcert, silence, or defeat (a person) by face-to-face confrontation or a display of confidence, arrogance, etc.; to stare down. Frequently in extended use.Earliest in to outface with a card of ten: to boast, put on a bold front (see card of ten at card n.² Phrases 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > oppose or confront impudently face1465 overfacec1475 outface?1499 to face down (also out)1530 out-countenancec1585 outstare1596 outlook1599 nose1632 to stare down1798 out-breast1839 ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Bij Fyrste pycke a quarell & fall oute with hym then And soo outface hym with a carde of ten. a1569 M. Coverdale Fruitful Lessons (1593) sig. Mm2 To take too much vppon vs, that with bragging or arrogancie wee would outface the weake. 1587 D. Fenner Def. Godlie Ministers sig. Gii To rayse tumultes, and by number to out-face our Superiours. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. ii. 17 We shal haue old swearing that they did giue the rings away to men; but wele out-face them, and out-sweare them to. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. ix. 45 Oppose thy stedfast gazing eyes to mine, See if thou canst out-face me with thy lookes. View more context for this quotation 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid v. 363 These impudent wenches would have outfaced me therein. 1714 R. Smith Poems 111 Yet his Courage did out-face dispair. 1756 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIII. 215 They will outface and out~lung you. 1854 J. Ruskin Two Paths i. §9 I have put this painful question before you, only that we may face it thoroughly, and, as I hope, out-face it. 1898 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Nov. 3/2 It has happened to me to find myself before a common silk that outfaced all the reds of nature. 1973 Times 5 Apr. 18/8 I am outfaced by the sheer complication of getting to Heathrow. 1992 Times 12 Sept. 8/7 At a meeting of CDU Bundestag members, the chancellor out-faced the rebels. †b. transitive. To force from by confronting. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 259 Then did wee two set on you foure, and with a worde, outfac't you from your prize. View more context for this quotation 2. transitive. To face boldly or defiantly, to confront fearlessly or shamelessly; to brave, defy, stand up to. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > confront abidec1275 stand?1316 visagec1386 bidec1400 to stand to ——1562 affront1569 to look (a person, etc.) in the face1573 outface1574 front1582 to meet with1585 confront1594 propose1594 to stand up to1596 outfront1631 to stand forth to1631 head1682 meet1725 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > defy stout1303 defy1377 beard1476 brave1546 brag1551 outface1574 to hold (a person) waga1578 dare1580 outbrave1589 bedarea1596 maugre1597 championa1616 to bid defiance to1632 stem1675 bravadea1698 bravo1732 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 116 This so great assurednesse whereby a man may be bold to outface the diuell, sinne, death, and hell gates. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1149/1 If you meet your brother in the street, shun him not, but outface him. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 177 Ile..with presented nakednes outface, The wind, and persecution of the skie. View more context for this quotation 1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) ii. iii. 206 The Pharisee stood upon his own justification, and with a brazen impudence outfaces heaven. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan 237 He was one of those men, who, lacking firmness to withstand peril, or outface calamity, go, skulking and cowering, over this brave earth, till there is no help for them. 1827 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 36 337 Professors of holiness, and professors of patriotism, when they are thoroughly versed in their trade, can outface infamy. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 9 They..outface you with an eye that challenges inquiry. 1973 N. Freedman Joshua 126 ‘Why not Bowdoin Square?’ Josh asked, outfacing him. 1990 F. M. Hendry Quest for Babe (BNC) 93 She braced herself to outface him... ‘Well father? Have you nothing to say to me?’ †3. a. transitive. To maintain (something false or shameful) with boldness or effrontery; to brazen out. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > brazen out to brazen (out)a1555 to set a brazen face upon1573 outface1581 overface1600 to ruffle out1612 outbrazen1680 1581 W. Fulke in A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion (1584) ii. sig. K iij b I see you would outface the matter. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxi. 184 The Damsell,..at sight of her own letter, was soon blank, and more ingenuous then to stand outfacing. 1679 W. Bedloe Narr. Horrid Popish Plot Epist. sig. A2 I scarce know which is greatest, Their Impudence in committing horrid Villanies, or in out-facing them, when they are done. 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Wars of Jews i. xvii, in Wks. 789 Why cannot you give over this way of Shuffling and Out-facing Things, and rather make a Frank Confession? b. transitive. To contradict (a person) to his or her face; to controvert or deny (a statement, etc.) boldly, defiantly, or impudently. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (transitive)] > boldly or impudently outface1586 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 380 For a yea or a nay, they forthwith thinke that the lie is giuen them, and that they are out-faced. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxxxix. 77 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 236 This cursed brood..Would with proud lies, thy truth outface. 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 15 Which..if we shall still avouch to be a command, he palpably denying it, this is not to expound S^t. Paul, but to out-face him. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. ix. 28 Who can outface so Ancient and Loud Tradition? c. transitive. To maintain boldly or impudently to the face of (a person); to declare emphatically to (someone) that something is the case. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > maintaining or upholding as true > maintain or uphold as true [verb (transitive)] > boldly or impudently outfacea1636 a1636 H. Lynde Case for Spectacles (1638) 58 They have out~faced the world in their Preface, that their Translation is so exact and precise. 1654 R. Vilvain Theoremata Theologica Suppl. 240 The Ægyptian Sorcerers..outfaced the King, that they were Serpents which looked like Rods. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iv. i. 39 He made me keep Lent last year till Whitsontide, and out-fac'd me with Oaths, it was but Easter. Derivatives † outfaced adj. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > [adjective] > denied or contradicted disclaimed1595 contradicted1598 outfaced1618 denied1859 1618 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. IV. O.T. xiii. 186 Conviction of a denied, and out-faced disobedience. 1649 in C. Wase tr. Sophocles Electra p. xvi Yet though th'out-faced Noon she down may beat, The Dark brings Vision, and the Silence threat. † outfacer n. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person bolda1400 capron hardya1477 malaperta1529 jackanapes1534 past-shame1553 saucea1556 saucy-face1566 outfacer1579 impudent1586 Jack sauce?1590 brazen-face1602 impertinence1611 impertinent1612 insolency1613 insolenta1616 brass-face1647 flapsea1652 impudence1671 bold-face1692 ironface1697 Corinthian1699 scandal-proof1699 saucy-box1702 busker1728 insolence1740 effronterist1776 pert1785 nash-gab1816 card1853 pawk1855 sass-box1856 a one1880 cockapert1881 1579 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) vii. vi. f. 169^v Defended from..lyers, from outfacers, shameles persons and theues. outˈfacing adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] hardiessec1300 boldness1377 malapertness?a1439 over-boldnessc1450 insolencya1513 protervitya1527 impudency1529 sauce malapert1529 petulancy1537 procacitya1538 audacity1545 sauceliness1552 forehead1564 hardihead1579 hardihood1594 outfacing1598 audaciousness1599 impudentness1599 petulancea1600 impertinency1609 impertinence1612 impudencea1616 procacya1620 affrontedness1640 brow1642 front1653 insolence1668 affrontery1679 assurance1699 effrontery1715 affrontiveness1721 swagger1725 imperence1765 cheek1823 sassiness1834 cheekiness1838 pawk1855 gall1882 chutzpah1886 face1890 mouth1891 crust1900 rind1901 smarting1902 hide1916 brass neck1937 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] > defiant stout1390 outbraving1593 outfacing1598 dareful1614 defiatory1635 outdaring1644 braving1679 defensive1785 bravadoing1809 defying1834 defianta1837 1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) sig. M^v Come Night and lay thy veluet hand On glorious Dayes outfacing face. 1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse i. v, in Wks. (1873) III. 11 I know he is a Bawd by his out-facing. 1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. ii. 13 (table) Eroded anticlines show in-facing scarps; eroded synclines, out-facing scarps. a1972 J. Garrigue Stud. for Actress (1973) 174 You'd think she knew a triumph that could come From something more than malice and than wrong And this outfacing brings her prisoners. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1570v.?1499
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† outfacen.

outfacev.

Derivatives