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English
Etymology
From dis- + commend.
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discommend (third-person singular simple present discommends, present participle discommending, simple past and past participle discommended)
- (now rare) To show disapproval of something, find fault with.
- (now rare) To speak dissuasively of, to advise against.
- , New York, 2001, p.218:
- Savonarola discommends goat's flesh, and so doth Bruerinus , calling it a filthy beast, and rammish .
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