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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A simplified spelling of discourage.

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Examples

  • Buuuut, i nebber want to discurage u from sendin da fyremans.

    purrrrvana - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Lady, but She Says Se [sic] would Sooner Die than to go back and discurage the mishen it seem all most imposable for white men to liv here but still their is A greate many on the cost at the British Colenny their is a greate many white people in short they are coming and going out and in Monrovia most evry day we hav lost but five out of our number yet but

    Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1834 April 1 1834

  • Also note that there are third-party apps which change the password complexity policy and modify the Change Password dialog without modifying the GINA (i.e. Password Policy Enforcer, which I haven't tried so I can't neither recommend nor discurage its use).

    MSDN Blogs 2008

  • Also note that there are third-party apps which change the password complexity policy and modify the Change Password dialog without modifying the GINA (i.e. Password Policy Enforcer, which I haven't tried so I can't neither recommend nor discurage its use).

    MSDN Blogs 2008

  • Here you have it folks: you can toil all your life to amass property that your children or grandchildren can dispose off any way they want but if you bust your ass or loose your limb duiring war and you get a medal for your bravery, your kids or grandkids will be pevented from benefiting from your war effort because NDP clowns do not like wars so they want to discurage young Canadians from participating in them by placing restrictions on monetary value of military medals that their ancestors received.

    Something You Can Support The NDP In « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009

  • Also at the local level, they’ve set up rules and zoning which discurage, if not actually block, industry which would bring in additional taxes.

    County Assessments Up 18.7% at cvillenews.com 2003

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