countermand

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To revoke (a former command)

   To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.

   • Near-synonym: counteract
   • to countermand an order for goods
2. 2

   To recall a person or unit with such an order.

3. 3

   To cancel an order for (some specified goods).

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   1. 4

      To counteract, to act against, to frustrate.

      • Early on, Ezra gives her a lesson to countermand the endless female impulse to apologise: “Darling, don’t continually say ‘I’m sorry’. Next time you feel like saying ‘I’m sorry’, instead say ‘Fuck you’.”
   2. 5

      To prohibit (a course of action or behavior).

      • Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles.
   3. 6

      To oppose or revoke the command of (someone).

      • For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him.
   4. 7

      To maintain control of, to keep under command.

      • Two thousand horſe ſhal forrage vp and downe, That no reliefe or ſuccour come by land. And all the ſea my Gallies countermaund.
   5. 8

      An order to the contrary of a previous one.

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