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Definition of Discourages
1. discourage [v] - See also: discourage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discourages
Literary usage of Discourages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jesus is Coming by William E. Blackstone (1908)
"It discourages Work. It is objected that it discourages work. This is most
inconsistent and untrue, for the very essence of the doctrine is to WATCH, ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... requires a large import, and the abundance of olive oil discourages the
manufacture of butter. Sheep are of immense economic value to most European ..."
3. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education by National Society for the Study of Education (1908)
"Deficiency of higher learning discourages high ideals.—In the absence of a mature
development of our subject, its ideals must be of a low order, ..."
4. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"Clarendon discourages the vt i li- inent of an independent revenue on the Crown.
Lords, where it was denominated " a bill of oblivion of loyalty and ..."
5. Public opinion and popular government by Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1913)
"... the street railroads so long as the officials were appointed for short terms
from political motives. 122. The Model Charter discourages Experts ..."
6. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson Lockhart (1837)
"James В., too, discourages me a good deal by his silence, waiting, I suppose, to
be invited to disgorge a full allowance of his critical bile. ..."
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