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

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