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Webster 1913 Edition


Countermand

Counˊter-mand′

(kounˊtẽr-mȧnd′)
,
Verb.
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 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
countermand
for Claudio yet,
But he must die to-morrow?
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Countermand

COUNTERMAND

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to command.]
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.
A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.

Definition 2024


countermand

countermand

English

Verb

countermand (third-person singular simple present countermands, present participle countermanding, simple past and past participle countermanded)

  1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
    to countermand an order for goods
  2. To recall a person or unit with such an order.
  3. To prohibit; to forbid.
    • Harvey
      Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles.
  4. To oppose; to revoke the command of.
    • Hooker
      For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him.

Translations

Noun

countermand (plural countermands)

  1. An order to the contrary of a previous one.

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