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Definition of Countenanced

Countenanced
Countenance Coun"te*nance (koun"t?-nans), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countenanced (-nanst); p. pr. & vb. n. Countenancing.] 1. To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet. This conceit, though countenanced by learned men, is not made out either by experience or reason. --Sir T. Browne. Error supports custom, custom countenances error. --Milton. 2. To make a show of; to pretend. [Obs.] Which to these ladies love did countenance. --Spenser.

Meaning of Countenanced from wikipedia

- Countenance is a synonym for face or facial expression, but may also refer to: Look up countenance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Countenance divine...
- The divine countenance is the face of God. The concept has special significance in the Abrahamic religions. Islam considers God to be beyond ordinary...
- In the Countenance of Kings is a ballet c****ographed by Justin Peck to music from Sufjan Stevens's The BQE. The ballet was Peck's first ballet made for...
- Vast Countenance is a rock 'n' folk band from Volendam, the Netherlands, founded in 1999. Vast Countenance toured the Netherlands and the United States...
- which are contrary to law, public order or public policy shall not be countenanced Philippine laws have had various nomenclature designations at different...
- followed by the Iran crisis of 1946. The invasion, code name Operation Countenance, was largely unopposed by the numerically and technologically outmatched...
- with trail sweeping the streets! The idea of that mode of dress being countenanced by the profession! While the profession are warring against corsets,...
- inmates won concessions over their living conditions. Thatcher refused to countenance a return to political status for the prisoners, having declared "Crime...
- εὐρύς (eurús) 'wide, broad', and ὤψ (ōps, gen. ὠπός, ōpós) 'eye, face, countenance', hence their composite Eurṓpē would mean 'wide-gazing' or 'broad of...
- a sense of the character's inner life: The Times' critic saying "The countenance which she ****umed ... when luring on Macbeth in his course of crime,...