frontispiece
To supply with a frontispieceTo supply with a frontispiece.
Meaning
1 senses(rare)To supply with a frontispiece.
The novel was frontispieced with a portrait of the author.
Examples
1 sentencesIn their catalogues, MM. Morgand and Fatout print a facsimile of the frontispiece of this very rare edition.
Origin
From Middle French frontispice, from Italian frontespizio or Medieval Latin frontispicium,From Middle French frontispice, from Italian frontespizio or Medieval Latin frontispicium, from Latin frōns (“forehead”, oblique stem in front-) + -spic- (“to watch”, combining form of speciō) + -ium. Spelling altered due to folk etymology, influenced by piece.
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Forms
frontispieces, frontispiecing, frontispieced, frontispieced| Base form | frontispiece · to frontispiece |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | frontispieces |
| Present participle | frontispiecing |
| Past simple | frontispieced |
| Past participle | frontispieced |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.