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Webster 1913 Edition
Countermand
Counˊter-mand′
(kounˊtẽr-mȧnd′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Countermanded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Countermanding
.] 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 goods2.
To prohibit; to forbid.
[Obs.]
Avicen
countermands
letting blood in choleric bodies. 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.
Coun′ter-mand
(koun′tẽr-mȧnd)
, Noun.
A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.
Have you no
But he must die to-morrow?
countermand
for Claudio yet,But he must die to-morrow?
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Countermand
COUNTERMAND
,Verb.
T.
1.
To revoke a former command; or to give an order contrary to one before given, which annuls a former command and forbids its execution; as, to countermand orders.2.
To oppose; to contradict the orders of another.3.
To prohibit. [Little used.]COUNTERMAND
,Noun.