"disencourage" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: disencourages [present, singular, third-person], disencouraging [participle, present], disencouraged [participle, past], disencouraged [past]
Etymology: From dis- + encourage. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|encourage}} dis- + encourage Head templates: {{en-verb|disencourages|disencouraging|disencouraged}} disencourage (third-person singular simple present disencourages, present participle disencouraging, simple past and past participle disencouraged)
  1. (now regional or nonstandard) To discourage. Tags: nonstandard, regional
    Sense id: en-disencourage-en-verb-8NUcpbPi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dis-, Regional English

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