Definition of "countermanded" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of countermand. (verb)

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• "Minister’s counsel and again countermanded his order to slay his son."
• "Resolved, that the committee on finance be instructed to enquire into the expediency of paying for clothing, & c. furnished to a portion of the militia of Roanoke when called out by the authorities, and the call countermanded before the said militia were mustered into service."
• "Moreover, the orders to move were countermanded so the corps could chase deserters and round up transport, then reissued, then countermanded again.2"