discommend

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English

Etymology

dis- +‎ commend.

Pronunciation

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Verb

discommend (third-person singular simple present discommends, present participle discommending, simple past and past participle discommended)

  1. (now rare) To show disapproval of something, find fault with.
  2. (now rare) To speak dissuasively of, to advise against.
    • Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York, 2001, p.218:
      Savonarola discommends goat's flesh, and so doth Bruerinus […], calling it a filthy beast, and rammish […].

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