DISCOUNTENANCE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • show disapproval by discouraging
   Usage Example(s)
   • any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced
   Hypernyms(s) discountenance is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disapprove (what does disapprove mean?)
2. Meaning
   • look with disfavor on
   Usage Example(s)
   • The republic soon discountenanced its few friends
   Hypernyms(s) discountenance is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • shame (what does shame mean?)