To face up to or confront someone or something directly; to put a face or surface on something.
From en- (to cause to be) plus 'face,' from Old French 'face' and Latin 'facies.' The word combines the prefix with the concept of the front or surface of something.
Medieval texts used 'enface' to mean 'to embolden someone to face danger'—it's the root of 'deface' (to damage the face/surface) but with the opposite meaning of adding courage rather than removing beauty.
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