Definition of Countenances. Meaning of Countenances. Synonyms of Countenances

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Definition of Countenances

Countenance
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 Countenances 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...
- followed by the Iran crisis of 1946. The invasion, code name Operation Countenance, was largely unopposed by the numerically and technologically outmatched...
- Vast Countenance is a folk rock band from Volendam, the Netherlands, founded in 1999. Vast Countenance toured the Netherlands and the United States. Its...
- 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...
- inmates won concessions over their living conditions. Thatcher refused to countenance a return to political status for the prisoners, having declared "Crime...
- (昭儀; zhāoyí) Lady of Cultivated Countenance (修容; xiūróng) Lady of Handsome Fairness (婕妤; jiéyú) Lady of Splendid Countenance (容華; rónghuá) Lady of Humble...
- his hog-like eyes would gleam with a sullen ferocity worthy of the countenance of a fiend ... Terrible stories were circulated in camp of horrid crimes...
- the left as well as the right, and it is especially noteworthy once we countenance what p****es for political discourse today. Instead of a public sphere...
- public appearances, with her head held high, her eagle-like stare and a countenance accustomed to command, all this gave her such an air of majesty that...