DISCOUNTENANCE

discountenance. Discountenance, v.t. to discouage, check, abash

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Dis‐coun″te‐nance (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discountenanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discountenancing (?).] [[Pref. dis- + countenance: cf. OF. descontenancer, F. décontenancer.]] 1. 1. To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.
How would one look from his majestic brow . . . Discountenance her despised! Milton. The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. Sir W. Scott. 2. 2. To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage.
A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot. Bancroft.