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countenance noun /ˈkaʊntənəns/ /ˈkaʊntənəns/ (formal or literary) jump to other results - a person’s face or their expression
- her calmly smiling countenance
Topics Appearancec2Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French contenance ‘bearing, behaviour’, from contenir, from Latin continere, from con- ‘altogether’ + tenere ‘to hold’. The early sense was ‘bearing, demeanour’, also ‘facial expression’, hence ‘the face’.
countenance verb /ˈkaʊntənəns/ /ˈkaʊntənəns/ (formal) jump to other results - countenance something | countenance (somebody) doing something to support something or agree to something happening synonym consent to
- The committee refused to countenance his proposals.
Topics Discussion and agreementc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryCountenance is used with these nouns as the object: See full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French contenance ‘bearing, behaviour’, from contenir, from Latin continere, from con- ‘altogether’ + tenere ‘to hold’. The early sense was ‘bearing, demeanour’, also ‘facial expression’, hence ‘the face’.
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