discommend
Americanverb (used with object)
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to express disapproval of; belittle; disparage. The diners discommended the wine.
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to bring into disfavor.
He was discommended for his negligence.
verb
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rare to express disapproval of
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obsolete to bring into disfavour
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I do not discommend or derogate from those other studies; I should betray mine own ignorance and weakness should I do so; I only wish they might not altogether justle out and exclude this.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
I passe not I how men affected be, Nor who commend, or discommend my verse; It pleaseth me if I my plaints rehearse, And in my lynes if shee my loue may see.
From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril
Seldom discommend anything though never so bad, or doe it but moderately, lest you bee unexpectedly forced to an unhansom retraction.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Hubbard, Elbert
No, no, it is impossible; but your ladyship can't discommend his unwillingness to depart from his fee.
From Joseph Andrews, Volume 2 by Fielding, Henry
Neither do I discommend the lofty style in tragedy, which is naturally pompous and magnificent; but nothing is truly sublime, that is not just and proper.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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