Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To counterorder; countermand an order for.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To countermand an order for.
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- verb transitive To
countermand anorder for.
Etymologies
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Examples
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“I think I must unorder the tea,” said she, with what gaiety she could assume, “if I am to be responsible for any mischief from your drinking it.”
Cecilia 2008
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"I think I must unorder the tea," said she, with what gaiety she could assume, "if I am to be responsible for any mischief from your drinking it."
Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3 Fanny Burney 1796
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"Think of the letters the poor chap has to write to trades-people to order things, and unorder them, and blackguard the shopkeepers when they are not satisfactory.
The Shuttle 1907
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"Think of the letters the poor chap has to write to trades-people to order things, and unorder them, and blackguard the shopkeepers when they are not satisfactory.
The Shuttle Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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