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affront

mastery

UK /əˈfɹʌnt/ US /əˈfrənt/verbnoun

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What does 'affront' mean in this sentence?

Many Islands there lie all over that sea: but one above the rest, and most renowned, is Tazata: for thither all the shipping from out of the Caspian sea and the Scythian Ocean, do bend their course and there arrive: for that all the sea coasts do affront the Levant, and turn into the East.