effront
To give self-confidence to.
Verb
- To give self-confidence to.
- I am naturally bashful; nor hath conversation, age, or travel, been able to effront, or enhardem me. - 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici:
Origin
From Middle French effronter, from Old French esfronter, from Late Latin effrontō, from the prefix ex- (“from”) + frōns (“forehead”).