Countermand
[,kaʊntə'mɑːnd] or ['kaʊntɚmænd]
Definition
(noun.) a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command.
Checked by Ellen--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.
(v. t.) To oppose; to revoke the command of.
(n.) A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.
Typed by Hiram
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Revoke, rescind, recall, abrogate, make void.
Checked by Emil
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See COMMAND]
Checker: Marie
Definition
v.t. to give a command in opposition to one already given: to revoke.—n. a revocation of a former order.—adj. Countermand′able.
Checker: Maisie
Examples
- George neither spoke to nor looked at Legree, who did not countermand his orders, but stood, whistling, with an air of forced unconcern. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Countermand your orders! Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- On the 31st of January I countermanded the orders given to Thomas to move south to Alabama and Georgia. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The movement was countermanded and the troops were withdrawn. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I thought the advice was good, and, adopting that view, countermanded the orders for pursuit of Longstreet. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Checker: Roberta