discountenancing

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To Gabon's 6,000 Frenchmen that meant only one thing: the U.S. had been behind the abortive coup in hopes of discountenancing le grand Charles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Several bond houses wrote back, politely but firmly discountenancing the notion of preferring stocks to bonds as investments.

From Time Magazine Archive

So that, while discountenancing one-hand plays when two hands may be used, I still think every fielder should practice one-hand catches, to be prepared for such a play when it becomes necessary.

From Base-Ball How to Become a Player by Ward, John M.

In that conference or congress of the people resolutions were unanimously adopted discountenancing the policy which led to the annexation of the two Republics.

From In the Shadow of Death by Kritzinger, P. H.

A favourable occasion for circumscribing these evils, and discountenancing this injustice, is, we conceive, now offered to Congress, in the power and opportunity of legislating for the newly acquired territory of the Floridas.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various