Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Affrontá-re, v. a.
1. to attack boldly, assault, set upon; 2. to affront, insult; 3. to come up to, accost; 4. to confront, set face to face, compare;5. to dare. — morte, to dare death; v. n. to be opposite to; v. r. 1. to fight, come to blows;2. to meet, fall in with; s. m. Affrontá-tóre, f. Affrontá-tríce,adj. Affrontá-nte.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
affrontare: to affront, to face, to out face, to encounter. Also to cheate or cunnicatch.