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countenanceth

countenanceth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of countenance.

Meaning of countenance

Verb

countenance (third-person singular simple present countenances, present participle countenancing, simple past and past participle countenanced)

  1. (transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
    • The cruel punishment was countenanced by the government, although it was not officially legal.

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Questions about countenanceth

What is countenanceth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Countenanceth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of countenance.

Words near countenanceth in the dictionary

  1. countenance
  2. countenanced
  3. countenancer
  4. countenancers
  5. countenances
  6. countenanceth
  7. countenancing
  8. countenaunce
  9. countenaunces
  10. counter
  11. counter admiral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: countenanceth (page history and authors); countenance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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