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Thesaurus: countenance

To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

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  1. v. t. To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
  2. v. t. To make a show of; to pretend.
  3. n. the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  4. n. formal and explicit approval
  5. n. the human face (‘kisser’ and ‘smiler’ and ‘mug’ are informal terms for ‘face’ and ‘phiz’ is British)
  6. v. consent to, give permission; permit
  7. v:40/n:60 n. the appearance conveyed by a person's face n. the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)