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1 countenance
1. noun((expression on) the face.) semblante, rostro
2. verb(to encourage, support or accept: We can't possibly countenance the spending of so much money.) aceptar, aprobar, apoyar, animartr['kaʊntənəns]1 formal use aprobar, dar aprobación a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto give countenance to something aprobar algo, dar aprobación a algoto keep one's countenance no perder la compostura, guardar la calmaface: semblante m, rostro mn.• cara s.f.• continente s.m.• figura s.f.• semblante s.m.• talante s.m.v.• apoyar v.• dar aprobación v.
I 'kaʊntṇəns, 'kaʊntənənscount noun (face, expression) (liter) semblante m (liter), rostro m (liter)
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transitive verb (frml) (usu neg) tolerar, aceptar['kaʊntɪnǝns] frm1. Nto keep one's countenance — contener la risa, no perder la serenidad
to give or lend countenance to — [+ news] acreditar
2.VTfrm (=permit)to countenance sth — consentir or permitir algo
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I ['kaʊntṇəns, 'kaʊntənəns]count noun (face, expression) (liter) semblante m (liter), rostro m (liter)
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transitive verb (frml) (usu neg) tolerar, aceptar
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out of countenance — Abashed • • • Main Entry: ↑countenance * * * disconcerted or unpleasantly surprised I put him clean out of countenance just by looking at him … Useful english dictionary
put out of countenance — index bait (harass), humiliate, pique Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
countenance — [13] A person’s countenance has nothing to do with computation. Etymologically, it is how they ‘contain’ themselves, or conduct themselves, and the word itself is a parallel construction with continence. It was borrowed from Old French contenance … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
countenance — [13] A person’s countenance has nothing to do with computation. Etymologically, it is how they ‘contain’ themselves, or conduct themselves, and the word itself is a parallel construction with continence. It was borrowed from Old French contenance … Word origins
put out of countenance — Shame, mortify, abash … New dictionary of synonyms
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Out at — Out Out (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Out from — Out Out (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Out in — Out Out (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Out of — Out Out (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English