What is to make a show of; to pretend. [Obs.] Which to these ladies love did countenance. Spenser called?
countenance — To make a show of; to pretend. [Obs.] Which to these ladies love did countenance. Spenser. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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