discountenancing

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To Gabon's 6,000 Frenchmen that meant only one thing: the U.S. had been behind the abortive coup in hopes of discountenancing le grand Charles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Several bond houses wrote back, politely but firmly discountenancing the notion of preferring stocks to bonds as investments.

From Time Magazine Archive

This he did for the purpose of discountenancing and reprobating the cry that had been raised of "Peace and a large loaf."

From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Hunt, Henry

In that conference or congress of the people resolutions were unanimously adopted discountenancing the policy which led to the annexation of the two Republics.

From In the Shadow of Death by Kritzinger, P. H.

He thus adopted a middle course, discountenancing alike the pedantry of the purists and the over-confident optimism of the vulgarists, who found in the uncouth popular speech all the material for a langue savante.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various