countermand

Definition

To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.

Etymology

From Old French contremander, from Medieval Latin contramandō, from contra + mandō (“I order; I command”).

Example Sentences

• "Near-synonym: counteract"
• "to countermand an order for goods"
• "Three of the maids of honour ſent to countermand their birth-day cloaths; two of them burnt all their collections of novels and romances, and ſent to a bookſeller’s in Pall-mall to buy each of them a bible, and Taylor’s holy living and dying."