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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 121 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FACE (from See also:Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a See also:root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv) ,a word whose various meanings of See also:surface, front, expression of coontenance, look or See also:appearance, are adaptations of the application of the word to the See also:external See also:part of the front portion of the See also:head, usually taken to extend from the See also:top of the forehead to the point of the See also:chin, and from See also:ear to ear (see See also:ANATOMY: Superficial and See also:Artistic; and See also:PHYSIOGNOMY) .

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