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3 definitions found 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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