discommend
Example Sentences
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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.
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
Those need compassion whom you discommend, Not whom you praise.
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John
"Nay, I cannot discommend you; for such a brisk maid as you should go handsome, or you will never get a sweetheart, though you think the time long."
From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various
Tho' such myself, vile bards I discommend; Nay more, tho' gentle Damon is my friend.
From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Young, Edward
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