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countenance
English
Alternative forms
- countenaunce (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English contenaunce, countenaunce, from Anglo-Norman countenance and Old French contenance, from the present participle of contenir, or from Late Latin continentia, and therefore a doublet of continence.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?ka?n.t?.n?ns/, /?ka?n.t?n.?ns/, /?ka?nt.n?ns/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [k??æ??.???.n?ns]
Noun
countenance (countable and uncountable, plural countenances)
- Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
- , Genesis 4:5
- But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
- , Genesis 4:5
- Favour; support; encouragement.
- September 8, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon
- This is the magistrate's peculiar province, to give countenance to piety and virtue, and to rebuke vice.
- September 8, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon
- (obsolete) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.
- c. 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster
- The election being done, he made countenance of great discontent thereat.
- c. 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster
- Calm facial expression, composure, self-control.
Synonyms
- see also Thesaurus:countenance
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
countenance (third-person singular simple present countenances, present participle countenancing, simple past and past participle countenanced)
- (transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
- The cruel punishment was countenanced by the government, although it was not officially legal.
- 1937, Willa Muir and Edwin Muir (translators), The Trial, (Der Prozess 1925, Franz Kafka), Vintage Books (London), pg. 99
- For the Defence was not actually countenanced by the Law, but only tolerated, and there were differences of opinion even on that point, whether the Law could be interpreted to admit such tolerances at all.
Synonyms
- (tolerate, support): approve, sanction, support, tolerate
Translations
References
- countenance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- countenance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Old French
Alternative forms
- contenance
- contennaunce
- continance
Etymology
From contenant, the present participle of contenir, with the suffix -ance, corresponding to Late Latin continentia. See also continence.
Noun
countenance f (oblique plural countenances, nominative singular countenance, nominative plural countenances)
- (Anglo-Norman) appearance; countenance
- e moustre par contenance q'il ad honte de ceo q'il ad fet
- And he showed by his appearance that he was ashamed of what he had done.
- e moustre par contenance q'il ad honte de ceo q'il ad fet
Related terms
- contenant
- contenir
Descendants
- English: countenance
- French: contenance
References
- contenance on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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connive
English
Etymology
From French conniver (“to ignore and thus become complicit in wrongdoing”), or directly from its etymon Latin conn?v?re, c?n?v?re, third-person plural perfect active indicative of conn?ve?, c?n?ve? (“to close or screw up the eyes, blink, wink; to overlook, turn a blind eye, connive”) (perhaps alluding to two persons involved in a scheme together winking to each other), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) + *n?v?re (related to nict? (“to blink, wink”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneyg??- (“to bend, droop”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /k??na?v/
- Rhymes: -a?v
- Hyphenation: con?nive
Verb
connive (third-person singular simple present connives, present participle conniving, simple past and past participle connived)
- (intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]
- (intransitive, botany, rare) Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.
- (intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.
- Synonyms: (rare) dissimulate, look the other way, shut one's eyes, turn a blind eye, wink
- (intransitive, obsolete) To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
- connivance
- connivent
- nictate
Translations
References
Latin
Verb
conn?v?
- second-person singular present active imperative of conn?ve?
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