Discountenance love

Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at discountenance.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Discountenance.

Examples

  • Discountenance _all_ cruelty to them, all starvation, all corporal chastisement; these may brutalize and _break_ their spirits, but will never bend them to willing, cheerful obedience.

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society

  • Discountenance _all_ cruelty to them, all starvation, all corporal chastisement; these may brutalize and _break_ their spirits, but will never bend them to willing, cheerful obedience.

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society

  • Discountenance _all_ cruelty to them, all starvation, all corporal chastisement; these may brutalize and _break_ their spirits, but will never bend them to willing, cheerful obedience.

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

  • Discountenance _all_ cruelty to them, all starvation, all corporal chastisement; these may brutalize and _break_ their spirits, but will never bend them to willing, cheerful obedience.

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

  • Discountenance all cruelty to them, all starvation, all corporal chastisement; these may brutalize and

    An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South Angelina Emily Grimke 1842

  • Merit from Discountenance, when I assist a Friendless Person, when

    Spectator, March 31, 1711 1711

  • But as this kind of Dance is the particular Invention of our own Country, and as every one is more or less a Proficient in it, I would not Discountenance it; but rather suppose it may be practised innocently by others, as well as myself, who am often Partner to my

    Spectator, May 17, 1711 1711

  • Country, and as every one is more or less a Proficient in it, I would not Discountenance it; but rather suppose it may be practised innocently by others, as well as myself, who am often Partner to my Landlady's

    The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695

  • When I relieve Merit from Discountenance, when I assist a Friendless Person, when I produce conceal'd Worth, I am displeas'd with my self, for having design'd to leave the World in order to be Virtuous.

    The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.