discommend
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I do not discommend or derogate from those other studies; I should betray mine own ignorance and weakness should I do so; I only wish they might not altogether justle out and exclude this.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by William MacGillivray
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 Edward Young
The flatterer is blear-eyed to ill, and cannot see vices; and his tongue walks ever in one track of unjust praises, and can no more tell how to discommend than to speak true.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
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 William Lawson
Neither do I discommend the lofty stile in tragedy, which is naturally pompous and magnificent; but nothing is truely sublime that is not just and proper.'
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III by Theophilus Cibber
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