Countenance

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Countenance

Postby dreams » Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:48 pm

Meaning: To find favor as seen in the face.

Ps 21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy COUNTENANCE.

Ac 2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy COUNTENANCE.

countenance
c.1250, from O.Fr. "demeanor, bearing, conduct," from L. continentia "restraint," lit. "way one contains oneself," from continere (see contain). Meaning evolving M.E. from "appearance" to "facial expression betraying a state of mind," to "face" itself (1393). The verb "to favor, patronize" is from 1568, from notion of "to look upon with sanction or smiles."

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