(v. t.) To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
(v. t.) To make a show of; to pretend.
Example Sentences:
(1) This is a big U-turn by the BMA, which had consistently refused to countenance any of Saturday being classified that way.
(2) This marks a fresh approach following an attempt on Monday to contain the controversy with a second, more conciliatory, statement by Ivens, the paper's longserving deputy editor who is just one week into his new job, who said: "The last thing I or anyone connected with the Sunday Times would countenance would be insulting the memory of the Shoah or invoking the blood libel.
(3) Unless the Chinese plan a “space spectacular”, the future of manned spaceflight lies with privately funded adventurers prepared to participate in a cut-price programme far riskier than Nasa would countenance.
(4) In a strongly-worded letter of resignation the award-winning science fiction and fantasy author said the Guild's decision to support Google in its plans to digitise millions of books meant she could no longer countenance being a member.
(5) But Goodwin himself has said he's willing to countenance publication of the FSA's probe, as have several of his senior colleagues.
(6) She has repeatedly refused to countenance the proposal and there is scant chance of her shifting that position as she moves into an election year.
(7) Miliband quoted from a 2010 Daily Telegraph interview in which the prime minister was reported as saying he would “not countenance leaving the EU and … would never campaign for an out vote in an EU referendum.” Miliband insisted Cameron’s “renegotiation is going nowhere; he’s caught between his backbenchers …and the national interest.
(8) He said they had already postponed the move until after the US election, but would not countenance further delays.
(9) The 25-year-old has entered the final year of his contract at Loftus Road but QPR , conscious of his prolific record, will not countenance his sale this summer for less than £15m as they seek an immediate return to the Premier League.
(10) Those on the security council opposed to us say they want Saddam to disarm but will not countenance any new resolution that authorises force in the event of non-compliance.
(11) "Sir Fred's role in the collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland , and his refusal to countenance any reduction in his grotesquely extravagant £700,000-a-year pension, convinces me it would be wholly inappropriate for him to retain the high honour of a knighthood."
(12) "I wonder, will such people be held accountable at the end of the day for the absolute refusal to countenance a precautionary approach?
(13) But he added: “Islam today includes a substantial minority of believers who countenance, if they don’t actually carry out, a degree of violence in the application of their convictions that is currently unique.” Ajaz Ashraf, writing at the Indian website First Post, blamed totalitarian regimes in the Muslim world for fostering such violence .
(14) David Moyes was “not impressed” by newspaper pictures of Van Aanholt apparently smoking such a hookah at a central Newcastle shisha lounge this summer and has made it clear that he will not countenance any repeats.
(15) On the eve of the summit, China indicated it was willing to countenance an initiative by President Barack Obama to smooth the flow of capital around the world in the hope of securing greater long-term economic stability.
(16) But Abbott has refused to countenance such changes, saying that “we have made a very clear decision that we aren’t ever going to increase the taxes on super, we aren’t ever going to increase the restrictions on super because super belongs to the people”.
(17) And I've had enough tedious arguments with libertarians to know that the one thing they won't countenance is one person infringing another's "property rights", of which the one they hold in the highest regard is the person themself.
(18) The panel specifically cautioned that adoption of such principles is not designed to countenance delays in treatment, but if necessary, should help form more rational queues for coronary revascularization.
(19) While talking the talk of harm reduction, she has never shown a willingness to countenance a decriminalisation agenda , even in a modest form.
(20) However, Levy made it clear that he would not countenance a deal with their bitter rivals, much to the annoyance of the West Ham co-owner David Gold.
Tolerate
Definition:
(v. t.) To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices.
Example Sentences:
(1) within 12 h of birth followed by similar injections every day for 10 consecutive days and then every second day for a further 8 weeks, with mycoplasma broth medium (tolerogen), to induce immune tolerance.
(2) No differences between the two substances were observed with respect to side effects and general tolerability.
(3) This treatment is usually well tolerated but not devoid of systemic effects.
(4) Well tolerated from the clinical and laboratory points of view, it proved remarkably effective.
(5) To estimate the age of onset of these differences, and to assess their relationship to abdominal and gluteal adipocyte size, we measured adiposity, adipocyte size, and glucose and insulin concentrations during a glucose tolerance test in lean (less than 20% body fat), prepubertal children from each race.
(6) Although temazepam was effective for maintaining sleep with short-term use, there was rapid development of tolerance for this effect with intermediate-term use.
(7) testosterone, fentanyl, nicotine) may ultimately be administered in this way, important questions pertaining to pharmacology (tolerance), toxicity (irritation, sensitisation) and dose sufficiency (penetration enhancement) remain.
(8) There were no biochemical or haematological abnormalities caused by prazosin but on continued therapy 16 patients developed tolerance to its effect.
(9) Characerization of further parameters such as relative susceptibility to tolerance induction and relative degree of specificity was not possible with the use of KLH as the antigen.
(10) Because of these different direct and indirect actions, a sudden cessation of sinus node activity or sudden AV block may result in the diseased heart in a prolonged and even fatal cardiac standstill, especially if the tolerance to ischemia of other organs (notably the brain) is decreased.
(11) Efficacy and tolerability of perorally administered desmopressin were evaluated in 12 adult patients suffering from central diabetes insipidus.
(12) This suggests that both blood transfusion and allograft are required for IL2 suppression and that this suppression may be related to the heart tolerance.
(13) At present, ACE inhibitors are preferred because they are usually better tolerated than conventional vasodilators and are clinically more effective.
(14) Changes in pain tolerance after administration of differently labelled placebos were studied by measuring the reaction time after a cold stimulus.
(15) TK1 showed the most restricted substrate specificity but tolerated 3'-modifications of the sugar ring and some 5-substitutions of the pyrimidine ring.
(16) Provided that adequate reflection is given and the appropriate moment chosen, it is well tolerated and provides all the necessary information.
(17) After large bowel removal, there was impaired glucose tolerance and attenuated plasma insulin secretion.
(18) Cardiac pump function is not affected, even in patients with ventricular dysfunction or heart failure, in whom chronic oral administration of the drug is well tolerated.
(19) These agents have been well-tolerated and generally produce a high incidence of sustained improvements in neutrophil counts and marrow morphology, although hemoglobin and platelet counts have generally not been altered.
(20) The above treatment is tolerated well and no serious side effects have been observed.