Part 2484

<hw>Coun"te*nance</hw> <tt>(koun"t?-n<it>a</it>ns)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Countenanced</er> <tt>(-n<it>a</it>nst)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Countenancing</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.</def>

<blockquote>This conceit, though <b>countenanced</b> by learned men, is not made out either by experience or reason. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Error supports custom, custom <b>countenances</b> error. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make a show of; to pretend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Which to these ladies love did <b>countenance</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Coun"te*nan*cer</hw> <tt>(-n<it>a</it>n-s?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who countenances, favors, or supports.</def>

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<hw>Coun"ter</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-)</tt>. <note>[See <er>Counter</er>, <tt>adv.</tt> ]</note> <def>A prefix meaning <i>contrary</i>, <i>opposite</i>, <i>in opposition</i>; <as>as, <ex>counter</ex>act, <ex>counter</ex>balance, <ex>counter</ex>check</as>. See <er>Counter</er>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt></def>

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<hw>Count"er</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>countere</ets>, <ets>countour</ets>, a counter (in sense 1), OF. <ets>contere</ets>, <ets>conteor</ets>, fr. <ets>conter</ets> to count. See <er>Count</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt> ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.</def>

<blockquote>The old gods of our own race whose names . . . serve as <b>counters</b> reckon the days of the week. <i>E. B. Tylor.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>What comes the wool to? . . . I can not do it witthout <b>counters</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Money; coin; -- used in contempt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To lock such rascal <b>counters</b> from his friends. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.</def>

<blockquote>Anne Aysavugh . . . imprisoned in the <b>Counter</b>. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

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<hw>Coun"ter</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>countour</ets>, OF. <ets>contouer</ets>, <ets>comptouer</ets>, F. <ets>comptoir</ets>, LL. <ets>computatorium</ets>, prop., a computing place, place of accounts, fr. L. <ets>computare</ets>. See <er>Count</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.</def>

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<hw>Coun"ter</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>contre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>contra</ets> against. Cf. <er>Contra-</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with <i>run</i> or <i>go</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Running <b>counter</b> to all the rules of virtue. <i>Locks.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; <as>as, a hound that runs <ex>counter</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>This is <b>counter</b>, you false Danish dogs! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>At or against the front or face.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>