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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Countermand \Coun`ter*mand"\ (koun`t[~e]r*m[.a]nd"), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. {Countermanded}; p. pr & vb n. {Countermanding}.]
[F. contremander contre (L. contra) + mander to command, fr
L. mandare. Cf {Mandate}.]
1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by
giving an order contrary to one previously given as to
countermand an order for goods.
2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.]
Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric
bodles. --Harvey.
3. To oppose; to revoke the command of
For us to alter anything is to lift ourselves
against God; and as it were to countermand him
--Hooker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Countermand \Coun"ter*mand\ (koun"t[~e]r*m[.a]nd), n.
A contrary order revocation of a former order or command.
Have you no countermand for Claudio yet But he must
die to-morrow? --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
countermand
v : annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on
smoking"; "lift an embargo" [syn: {revoke}, {annul}, {lift},
{reverse}, {repeal}, {overturn}, {rescind}]
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