The Collaborative International Dictionary
Discountenance \Dis*coun"te*nance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discountenanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Discountenancing.] [Pref. dis- + countenance: cf. OF. descontenancer, F. d['e]contenancer.]
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To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.
How would one look from his majestic brow . . . Discountenance her despised!
--Milton.The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation.
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To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage.
A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot.
--Bancroft.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of discountenance English)
Usage examples of "discountenancing".
You have been wisely admonished to "accustom yourselves to think and speak of the Union as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with Jealous anxiety, discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of any attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.