new-front

verb

To put a new front on, or receive a new front.

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Meanings

verbnew-front (third-person singular simple present new-fronts, present participle new-fronting, simple past and past participle new-fronted)

present singular third person new-fronts · participle present new-fronting · participle past new-fronted · past new-fronted

  1. ambitransitivearchaicTo put a new front on, or receive a new front.

    […] repairing and new-fronting the Hospital of St. Mary Magdalen to improve one of the entrances […]

    1835, Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Municipal Corporations in England and Wales
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    […] and yet the house where he had lodgings was new-fronting, and not in condition to receive him: but he could go to his friend Belford's, in Soho; […]

    1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady

Origin

From new- + front.

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APA

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“new-front.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/new-front. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “new-front,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/new-front.

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