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Coun`ter*mand" (koun`t&etilde_;r*m&adot_;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.
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2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.]
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Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodies. Harvey.
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3. To oppose; to revoke the command of.
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For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him. Hooker.
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Coun"ter*mand (koun"t&etilde_;r*m&adot_;nd), n. A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.
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Have you no countermand for Claudio yet,
But he must die to-morrow? Shak.
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