Countermanding

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Countermand \Coun`ter*mand"\ (koun`t[~e]r*m[.a]nd"), v. t. [imp.
     & p. p. {Countermanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Countermanding}.]
     [F. contremander; contre (L. contra) + mander to command, fr.
     L. mandare. Cf. {Mandate}.]
     1. 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.
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     2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.]
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              Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric
              bodies.                               --Harvey.
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     3. To oppose; to revoke the command of.
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              For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves
              against God; and, as it were, to countermand him.
                                                    --Hooker.
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