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Definition of Countenances
1. countenance [v] - See also: countenance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countenances
Literary usage of Countenances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays on Physiognomy by Johann Caspar Lavater, Thomas Holcroft (1878)
"selected ; let a chief, a representative, a characteristic countenance, of each
class be chosen ; let these countenances be fixed in the memory, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"(l2l) The messengers of Jovian meagre countenances displayed their past sufferings,
and actual misery. A email convoy of provisions advanced to meet the ..."
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