countermand

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌkaʊntəˈmɑːnd/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈkaʊntɚˌmænd/, /ˌkaʊntɚˈmænd/

Verb

countermand (countermands, present participle countermanding; past and past participle countermanded) (transitive)

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

   Synonyms: cancel, rescind

   to countermand an order for goods

2. To recall a person or unit with such an order.
3. To prohibit.

   Synonyms: prohibit, forbid

   • Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles.

4. To oppose; to revoke the command of.

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

Translations

• Russian: отменя́ть

Translations

• Russian: отзыва́ть

Noun

countermand (plural countermands)

1. An order to the contrary of a previous one.

Translations

• Italian: contrordine
• Russian: отме́на приказ
• Spanish: contraorden

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