Countable to Counterfeit
Countable
(Count"a*ble) a. Capable of being numbered.
Countenance
(Coun"te*nance) n. [OE. contenance, countenaunce, demeanor, composure, F. contenance
demeanor, fr. L. continentia continence, LL. also, demeanor, fr. L. continere to hold together, repress,
contain. See Contain, and cf. Continence.]
1. Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect; mien.
So spake the Son, and into terror changed
His countenance.
Milton.
2. The face; the features.
In countenance somewhat doth resemble you.
Shak.
3. Approving or encouraging aspect of face; hence, favor, good will, support; aid; encouragement.
Thou hast made him . . . glad with thy countenance.
Ps. xxi. 6.
This is the magistrate's peculiar province, to give countenance to piety and virtue, and to rebuke vice.
Atterbury.
4. Superficial appearance; show; pretense. [Obs.]
The election being done, he made countenance of great discontent thereat.
Ascham.
In countenance, in an assured condition or aspect; free from shame or dismay. "It puts the learned
in countenance, and gives them a place among the fashionable part of mankind." Addison. — Out of
countenance, not bold or assured; confounded; abashed. "Their best friends were out of countenance,
because they found that the imputations . . . were well grounded." Clarendon. — To keep the countenance,
to preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. Swift.
Countenance
(Coun"te*nance) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countenanced (-nanst); p. pr. & vb. n. Countenancing.]
1. To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
This conceit, though countenanced by learned men, is not made out either by experience or reason.
Sir
T. Browne.
Error supports custom, custom countenances error.
Milton.
2. To make a show of; to pretend. [Obs.]
Which to these ladies love did countenance.
Spenser.
Countenancer
(Coun"te*nan*cer) n. One who countenances, favors, or supports.
Counter
(Coun"ter) [See Counter, adv. ] A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract,
counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
Counter
(Count"er) n. [OE. countere, countour, a counter OF. contere, conteor, fr. conter to count.
See Count, v. t. ]
1. One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
