To insult intentionally, especially openly. / To meet defiantly; to confront. / (obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.

An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult. / (obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.

The religious denomination or part of a religious denomination a person, institute, business, or other organization has joined or supports.

(phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative.

(transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.

(uncountable) A set of policies or programs providing advantages for people of a group who are seen to have traditionally been the target of discrimination

(transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress. / (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow. / (obsolete) To make low or humble.

To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively. / To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true. / To support or encourage.

(archaic or historical) A man who (in the 1700s or 1800s) loitered around courts, offering to bear false witness.

Influenced or changed by something. / Simulated in order to impress. / Emotionally moved; touched. / (algebra, archaic) adfected. / Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.