afaceadv.
/əˈfeɪs/, U.S. /əˈfeɪs/ Now rare.
Before a person's face; so as to face another person or thing. aface of: in front of, opposite.
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the world > space > relative position > opposite position > opposite [preposition] > facing
in the teeth of1833
aface of1859
1859 G. Webb Fate i. v. 27 I do feel my strength Desert me now, when he doth bring aface The purpose thus.
1869 A. Leighton Wilson's Tales Borders & Scotl. (rev. ed.) XXIII. 128 The dark woods of Balgay right aface of him, the house of Logie behind.
1880 Sabbath School Mag. (Glasgow) 1 Jan. 10 He [sc. the enemy] is right aface of you; he is strengthening his instruments of warfare.
1944 W. C. Williams Coll. Poems (1986) II. 93 Beaks raised aface, the two starlings At and near the top twig Of the white-oak.
1946 J. V. Bondurant Sketches of India 52 I passed through the adorned main gate,..and stood full aface of the great tomb.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adv.1859- to take the ring
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