What does new-front mean?
New-front means (ambitransitive, archaic) To put a new front on, or receive a new front..
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(ambitransitive, archaic) To put a new front on, or receive a new front..
[…] 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; […]
[…] repairing and new-fronting the Hospital of St. Mary Magdalen to improve one of the entrances […]
Use new-front when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
New-front means (ambitransitive, archaic) To put a new front on, or receive a new front..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] 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; […]
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