countenaunce
countenaunce is the obsolete form of countenance.
Meaning of countenance
Noun
countenance (countable and uncountable, plural countenances)
- Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
- How Cownterfet Cowntenaunce of the new get / With Crafty Conueyauance dothe smater and flater, / And Cloked Collucyoun is brought in to clater / With Courtely Abusyoun; […]1523, John Skelton, “A Ryght Delectable Tratyse vpon a Goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell, […]”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical Works of John Skelton: […], volume I, London: Thomas Rodd...
- Favour; support; encouragement.
- Thou hast made him[…]glad with thy countenance.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 21:6
- Superficial appearance; show; pretense.
- The election being done, he made countenance of great discontent thereat.a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […]...
- Calm facial expression, composure, self-control.
Forms of countenaunce
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | countenaunces |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | countenaunces |
| present participle | countenauncing |
| past participle | countenaunced |
| past | countenaunced |
Questions about countenaunce
- What is countenaunce the obsolete form of?
- Countenaunce is the obsolete form of countenance.
Words near countenaunce in the dictionary
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