Definition of Countenancing

1. Verb. (present participle of countenance) ¹

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Definition of Countenancing

1. countenance [v] - See also: countenance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Countenancing

countably
countably additive
countably infinite
countback
countbacks
countdown
countdowns
counted
counted angels on pinheads
counted coup
countenance
countenanced
countenancer
countenancers
countenances
countenancing (current term)
countenaunce
counter
counter-
counter-attack
counter-attacked
counter-attacking
counter-attacks
counter-clockwise
counter-couchant
counter-countermeasure
counter-drill
counter-evidence
counter-evidences
counter-mine

Literary usage of Countenancing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"... by countenancing a sober and orthodox ministry, to permit no councils of officers, and to model and put the army into the hands of the qualified ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... from countenancing any doubts respecting the validity of that species of corporate constitution \vhich has for so long a period of time subsisted in a ..."

3. The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (1859)
"... unnecessarily discovering of infirmities™; raising false rumours", receiving and countenancing evil reports", and stopping our ears against just ..."

4. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"The hostile aggression of Spain, in countenancing and aiding the party acquisition, either by the United ..."

5. The Early Diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778: With a Selection from Her by Fanny Burney (1889)
"... make his son a man wholly unprincipled ; inculcating immorality, countenancing all gentleman-like vices, advising deceit and exhorting to inconstancy. ..."

6. The Metropolitan (1839)
"... yet I warn the Greeks to be cautious in countenancing foreign interference hereafter—I tell them to beware, lest, after having opposed and destroyed the ..."

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