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Definition:1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.2. To recall a person or unit with such an order.3. To prohibit; to forbid.4. To oppose; to revoke the command of.text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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The arrangements were countermanded, the compositor dismissed, and my “Prolegomena” rested peacefully by the side of its elder and more dignified brother.
Thomas De Quincey. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821)
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He swore he would pursue him to the gates of hell, and ordered a post-chaise and four to be got ready as soon as possible; but, recollecting that his finances would not admit of this way of travelling, he was obliged to countermand this order.
Tobias Smollett. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771)
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The count was not angry even when they told him that Natasha had countermanded an order of his,
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman . Simon & Schuster
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This was a Thursday, Christian remembered hazily, but the special nature of this particular Thursday might be said to countermand even the regulations of a Minister of the French Government at Vichy.
Irwin Shaw. The Young Lions, p.534 (1948)
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Carrie sent Sarah round to the butcher’s and countermanded our half-leg of mutton, which we had ordered for to-morrow.
George and Weedon Grossmith. The Diary of a Nobody (1882)
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"Rudder is right five," Jack answered.
"No, rudder ten right!" Ramius countermanded his order.
Tom Clancy. The Hunt for Red October, p.377 (1984)
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