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.
2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.] Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles. Harvey.
3. To oppose; to revoke the command of. For us to alter anuthing, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him. Hooker.
COUNTERMAND
Coun"ter*mand (koun"tr-mnd), n.
Defn: A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.
Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow
Shak.
COUNTERMANDABLE
Coun`ter*mand"a*ble (-mnd"-b'l), a.
Defn: Capable of being countermanded; revocable. Bacon.
COUNTERMARCH Coun`ter*march" (koun`tr-mrch"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Countermarched (-mrcht"); p. pr. & vb. n. Countermarching.] (Mil.)
Defn: To march back, or to march in reversed order.
The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near and receded.
Macaulay.
COUNTERMARCH
Coun"ter*march` (koun"tr-mrch`), n.