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countenanced, ppl. a.|ˈkaʊntɪnənst| [f. countenance n. and v. + -ed.] 1. [f. the n.] Having a (specified) countenance.
1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits (1616) 277 She cannot be fairely countenanced. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass 130 Dull-paced, sad countenanced. 1820Wordsw. Sonn. River Duddon xx, Countenanced like a soft cerulean sky. 2. [f. the vb.] Favoured, supported, etc.: see countenance v. 5.
1692Locke Toleration iii. ix, The..unthinking Part of Men; who without Thought..may embrace the Profession of the countenanced Religion. |