Bible Dictionaries
Countenance

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

(2):

(v. t.) To make a show of; to pretend.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Countenance'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/countenance.html. 1828.