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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of countermand.

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Examples

  • Minister’s counsel and again countermanded his order to slay his son.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • 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.

    Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Session of 1861-62 Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates 1861

  • A major countermanded the order at the last moment and she lived - only to spend many subsequent years under house arrest.

    Charles Redfern: A Pre-fab Candidate With Pre-fab Pronouncements for a Pre-fab Country Charles Redfern 2012

  • After a pause, he ordered a march for the 13th, then countermanded it, and on the 14th ordered the men to sleep with their arms and await an order to advance.57

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Donovan also had the cloud of the countermanded order hanging over him.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • Donovan also had the cloud of the countermanded order hanging over him.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • He refused to obey orders from provincial officers and even countermanded those Stephen gave his own men.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Justine had never countermanded or changed one of his orders before and, he was quite sure, had never before considered doing such a thing.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Moreover, the orders to move were countermanded so the corps could chase deserters and round up transport, then reissued, then countermanded again.2

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Justine had never countermanded or changed one of his orders before and, he was quite sure, had never before considered doing such a thing.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

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