discommend
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No, no, it is impossible; but your ladyship can't discommend his unwillingness to depart from his fee.
From Joseph Andrews, Volume 2 by Fielding, Henry
Heaven forbid that I should discommend The gratis, charitable, jail-endeavor!
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas
Yet I would not have you to beleeve, tho I so much discommend it, that it is no waies usefully profitable.
From The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple by Marsh, A.
Some vse to bare trees rootes in Winter, to stay the setting til hotter seasons, which I discommend, because, 1.
From A New Orchard And Garden or, The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich Orchard: Particularly in the North and generally for the whole kingdome of England by Lawson, William, fl. 1618
Neither do I discommend the lofty style in tragedy, which is naturally pompous and magnificent; but nothing is truly sublime, that is not just and proper.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir
