FRONTISPIECED

Verb

frontispieced

simple past tense and past participle of frontispiece

Source: Wiktionary


FRONTISPIECE

Fron"tis*piece, n. Etym: [F. frontispice, LL. frontispicium beginning, front of a church, fr. L. frons front + spicere, specere, to look at, view: cf. It. frontispizio. See Front and Spy.]

Definition: The part which first meets the eye; as: (a) (Arch.) The principal front of a building. [Obs. or R.] (b) An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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