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1. (v.t.) countermand
to revoke or cancel (a command, order, etc.).
2. countermand
to recall or stop by a contrary order.
3. (n.) countermand
a command, order, etc., revoking a previous one.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < AF countermander, MF contremander=contre-counter - +mander to command < L mandāre; see mandate)
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1. (verb) countermand
a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command
2. (verb) revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
cancel officially
"He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
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1. (noun) countermand
a contrary order; revocation of a former order or command
2. (verb) countermand
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
3. (verb) countermand
to prohibit; to forbid
4. (verb) countermand
to oppose; to revoke the command of
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