单词 | counter-order |
释义 | counter-ordern. An order contrary to, or reversing, a previous order. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > a command > contrary countermand1548 counter-order1773 countermandate1880 1773 King George III Let. 25 Apr. (1935) 89 We must see what effect our arming has had on Versailles before we can properly give counter-orders. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. xv. 303 The very positive counter-orders which he had sent by Lambourne. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxiii. 42 Perpetual questions, orders, errands, and counter-orders. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). counter-orderv. transitive. To give orders against (what has been previously ordered); to countermand. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > in contradiction of previous command > stop by a contrary command countermand1554 uncry1594 counter-order1643 disorder1643 forbid1665 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 122 The first word signifies properly disordered, counter-ordered, or ordered against. 1768 Earl of Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. (1844) I. 31 The Russian troops..were now counter-ordered. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xix. 258 I did not counter-order it. 1880 J. H. Burton Hist. Reign Queen Anne III. xiv. 22 To counter-order what Vendome had ordered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1773v.1643 |
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