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† disenˈcourage, v. Obs. [f. dis- 6 + encourage. Cf. discourage.] trans. To deprive of encouragement; to discourage.
1626in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 371 To disencourage all opposers. 1710Steele Tatler No. 26 ⁋6 Yet that must not disencourage you. 1800F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1846) VI. 243 The world has acknowledged you my offspring, and I will disencourage you no more. 1803Ibid. 325. Hence † disenˈcouraging, ppl. a.; also † disenˈcourager Obs.
1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. To Rdr. 14 As great..Disencouragers as our Bibliopolists prove to learned Poverty. a1806C. J. Fox Hist. James II (1808) 27 The most completely disencouraging example that history affords. |