Meaning of COUNTERMAND
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'kawntur`mand, [v]`kawntur'mand, `kaûntu'mând
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| | Definition: | | [v] annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" |
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| | Synonyms: | | annul, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate |
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| | See Also: | | cancel, go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on, strike down | |
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\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.
\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.
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