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Countermand
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Countermand Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Countermand?
[v] annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Countermand: annul | lift | overturn | repeal | rescind | reverse | revoke | vacate Related Terms | Find terms related to Countermand: abolish | abolishment | abolition | abrogate | abrogation | annul | annulment | baffle | balk | blast | brave | cancel | canceling | cancellation | cassation | challenge | checkmate | circumvent | confound | confront | contravene | counter | counteract | counterorder | counterwork | cross | dash | defeasance | defeat | defy | destroy | disannul | discomfit | disconcert | discountenance | dish | disrupt | do away with | elude | flummox | foil | frustrate | invalidate | invalidation | knock the chocks | make void | nonplus | nullification | nullify | override | overrule | perplex | recall | recant | recantation | renege | repeal | rescind | rescinding | rescindment | rescission | retract | retraction | reversal | reverse | revocation | revoke | revokement | ruin | sabotage | scotch | set aside | setting aside | spike | spoil | stonewall | stump | suspend | suspension | thwart | upset | vacate | vacation | vacatur | void | voidance | voiding | waive | waiver | waiving | withdraw | withdrawal | write off | write-off See Also | cancel | go back on | renege | renege on | renegue on | strike down Countermand In Webster's Dictionary \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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