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Definition of Outface
1. Verb. Overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring. "Sam cannot outface Sue "; "He simply stared down his opponent"
Definition of Outface
1. v. t. To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave.
Definition of Outface
1. Verb. To disconcert someone with an unblinking face-to-face confrontation; to stare down ¹
2. Verb. To boldly confront a situation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outface
1. to confront unflinchingly [v -FACED, -FACING, -FACES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outface
Literary usage of Outface
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1903)
"Portia. [Aside to Nerissa\ Thou may'st, I warrant. We shall have old swearing
That they did give the rings away to men ; But we'll outface them, ..."
2. Criminal Trials by David Jardine (1835)
"... officers for such men whom he had then with him in the house, he stoutly made
denial of them, as thinking to outface them with his power and presence. ..."
3. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1876)
"... as between its convex outface anil the rim of the case. The pistons, as in
the last figure, are rectangular pieces of stout metal, ..."
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