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Pronunciation : Coun`ter*mand" (koun`tr-mnd")
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. contremander; contre (L. contra) + mander to command, fr. L. mandare. Cf. Mandate.]
Definition : 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 anuthing, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him. Hooker.

t. [imp & p. p. Countermanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermanding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Coun"ter*mand (koun"tr-mnd)
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command. Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913