The Collaborative International Dictionary
Discommend \Dis`com*mend"\, v. t.
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To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to disapprove. [R.]
--Spenser.By commending something in him that is good, and discommending the same fault in others.
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To expose to censure or ill favor; to put out of the good graces of any one.
A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry.
--Pepys.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context now rare English) To show disapproval of something, find fault with. 2 (context now rare English) To speak dissuasively of, to advise against.
Usage examples of "discommend".
And not only that profit ariseth to children by such feined fables, but also the vertues of men are covertly thereby commended, and their vices discommended and abhorred.