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单词 to set a countenance
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to set a countenance
d. to make (a) countenance: to make a show (real or feigned) of any action, feeling, or intention. Also to set a countenance. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (intransitive)] > make specific appearance
to make semblantc1230
showc1405
to make (a) countenance1470
countenance1486
to make semblancea1500
semble1542
to give a visage1549
to make resemblance1566
to set a countenance1600
figure1762
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur viii. xxxii He..made countenaunce as though he wold haue stryken hym.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 482 Bot quhat pite yat euer he had Na contenance yaroff he maid.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcvijv He made a countenance to assayle his aduersarie.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 54v But, the election being done, he made countinance of great discontentation thereat.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. lxiii. 429 He set a countenance..as though hee would take a journey like a private person.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. x. §11. 122 These Nations joyned together, and..made countenance of warre.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. ii. 31 I made a Countenance as if I would eat him alive.
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