countermandn.

/kaʊntəˈmɑːnd/

/kaʊntəˈmand/

/ˈkaʊntəmɑːnd/

/ˈkaʊntəmand/

Forms: see the verb.

Etymology: < Old French contremand, -mant, < contremander : see countermand v.

1. A contrary command or order revoking or annulling a previous one.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > a command > contrary

countermand1548

counter-order1773

countermandate1880

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cx^v The Cardinall was somewhat moued with this countermaunde, yet..he bowed from his former iorney, and passed the sea.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxi. 137 To stoupe as other positiue ordinances doe to the countermaunds of necessitie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 93 Haue you no countermand for Claudio yet? But he must die to morrow?

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. viii. 181 The Popes Legate brought him a flat countermand, that he must go no further, but instantly return.

a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 40 I forthwith mounted, and went off; lest I should receive a Countermand.

1809 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) V. 260 The Central Junta had countermanded the orders..of which countermand they gave us no notice.

1883 J. Saunders Robbing Peter viii The steward was still busy despatching the notes of countermand.

2. Law. An action that has the effect of making void something previously executed.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > legal invalidity or faultiness > annulment or abrogation > instance or action

vacat1592

countermand1628

vacatur1682

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 55 b If a woman make a lease at will reseruing a rent and she taketh husband, this is no countermand of the lease at will.

1805 E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench 5 209 Though marriage operate in law as a countermand to the arbitrator's authority.

1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 146/2 Countermand, where a thing formally executed is afterwards by some act or ceremony made void by the party who first did it; it is either actual by deed, or implied by law.

†3. A command against; a prohibition. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun] > a prohibition

forbodea1000

nayc1390

negativec1400

restraint1439

non1551

countermandment1560

countermand1581

estoppel1583

forbid1602

embarment1606

embargo1692

don'ta1826

forbiddance1855

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 154 Beyng quite overthrowen by the onely countermaunde of almightie God.

1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse i. 40 If by his countermaund he inhibit..the vertue of the bread.

1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 28 March Counter to the counter-mand of those Would hinder you from chasing of your Foes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

countermandv.

/kaʊntəˈmɑːnd/

/kaʊntəˈmand/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s countyr-, countre-, conter-, contre-, (Scottish) contra-, Middle English–1600s -maund(e.

Etymology: < Old French contremander (13th cent. in Littré) = medieval Latin and Old Italian contramandāre, < Latin contrā against, counter + mandāre to command, order.

I. To revoke or annul a command.

1. transitive. To command or order the opposite of (a previous command or order); to revoke, recall, reverse, annul by a contrary command.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > in contradiction of previous command > the opposite of previous command

countermandc1440

c1440 Compl. in J. Lydgate Temp. Glas 63 Sythe that she wele me nat comaunde Nor hyre centence countyrmaunde.

1553 Act 7 Edw. VI c. 1 §13 Warrants..not lawfully countermanded nor revoked.

1642 J. March Argument Militia 36 The King can no more countermand their judgement [sc. of Parliament].

1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) v. 241 To declare his will to day, and countermand it to morrow.

1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive 43 He ordered his army to march against the English. He countermanded his orders.

1892 Law Times 92 145/2 Had it been possible to countermand the invitations the gathering would not have taken place.

†2. To command (a person to do something, or that something be done) in contradiction or reversal of a previous command. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > in contradiction of previous command

countermand1430

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. xxvii Pryamus..To worthy Hector repayred is agayne Hym contermaundyng that he ne shuld gone, Thilke day to fyght.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxviii. 42 He countermaunded his offycers to sease of makyng of any farther prouision, tyll he knewe more.

1530 tr. Caesar Commentaryes xii. 14 But Cesar countermaunded that they shuld no ferther folow.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 336 The Maior countermaunded not to stirre that night. [The Mayor had before ‘counsayled..that in the night tyme they should have issued out of the Tower’].

3. To recall by a contrary order, to order back (a person, forces).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command or give orders [verb (intransitive)] > contrary to previous

countermand1464

unbid1597

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > back

again-callc1390

revokec1425

rescrya1450

countermand1464

renvoy1477

reappeal1480

repeala1500

remand1525

recall1567

reclaim1590

return1590

speed1606

to call back1611

hark back1813

withcall1901

1464 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 291 Alle the gentylmen..þat went vppe to the Kyng are contremaundyd and are com home ageyn.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxlv. f. clxvii Than the Oryflambe which was passed y^e Brydge, was countermaunded.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. x. sig. bvi^v They were at the laste constrained to countermaunde him by sondrie messangers.

1647 T. Fuller Cause Wounded Conscience xvii. 128 Many a despairing soule..thought to sinke downe to hell, hath presently beene countermanded by Gods goodnesse to eternall happinesse.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ix. 142 Our regiment is countermanded.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. 351 They countermanded the reinforcements which were coming up from the north.

a. To stop or prohibit (what has been commanded, ordered, or allowed), by a contrary command or order; to revoke an order for (goods, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] > what has been commanded or allowed

countermand1554

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

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5160 in Wks. (1931) I Wysedome may nocht contramand, Nor strenth that stoure may nocht ganestand!

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 252 The Archebishops building was countermaunded, and he with forced patience, contented to cease the worke.

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 406 Neither may A.B. countermand the payment of the thousand Ducats at Venice.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iii. 322 Such Reasons, my departure countermanding.

1732 A. Pope True Narr. what passed in London in J. Swift et al. Misc.: 3rd Vol. 265 Three of the Maids of Honour sent to countermand their Birth-day Cloaths.

1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. viii. 127 Bespeaking and countermanding carriages.

1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxii. 194 He..countermanded the movement.

†b. To prohibit (a person, etc.) to do, or from doing, a thing previously commanded. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] > prohibit a person from doing something > from something previously commanded

countermand1548

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxv He was by the French kyng and his councell..countermaunded & prohibited farther to procede.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xxvi. 95 A new Commission..countermanding him to deliver the Proxy aforesaid, untill a full and absolut satisfaction were had.

1696 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 47 Our fleet..being countermanded from sailing westward.

II. To go counter to, forbid, counteract, control.

†5. To go counter to or oppose the command of (a person or authority). Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)]

withgo743

to go again ——OE

withsayc1175

again-goc1275

withsitc1300

thwarta1325

to go against ——a1382

counter1382

repugnc1384

adversea1393

craba1400

gainsaya1400

movec1400

overthwart?a1425

to put (also set) one's face againsta1425

traversea1425

contrairc1425

to take again ——c1425

contraryc1430

to take against ——a1450

opposec1485

again-seta1500

gain?a1500

oppone1500

transverse1532

to come up against1535

heave at1546

to be against1549

encounter1549

to set shoulder against1551

to fly in the face of1553

crossc1555

to cross with1590

countermand1592

forstand1599

opposit1600

thorter1608

obviate1609

disputea1616

obstrigillate1623

contradict1632

avert1635

to set one's hand against1635

top1641

militate1642

to come across ——1653

contrariate1656

to cross upon (or on)1661

shock1667

clash1685

rencounter1689

obtend1697

counteract1708

oppugnate1749

retroact?1761

controvert1782

react1795

to set against ——1859

appose-

1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond in Wks. (1717) 42 The Privilege of Beauty, That it had Power to countermand all Duty.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. G2 Proud rebels that..confront and countermaund their king.

1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 119 Drowning Moses shall come to countermand a monarch.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 309 The..miracles..never countermanded nature in this kind, by recruiting the strength of an aged person.

†6. To give command against, forbid, prohibit. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)]

forwarnc893

warnc893

forbidOE

forhightc1315

defendc1325

forfend1382

dischargec1450

prohibit?a1475

bidc1475

withsay1484

fenda1500

abara1504

prohibit1526

debara1529

forbodec1540

exempt1553

forspeak1565

disbar1567

forsay1579

enjoin1589

abjudicate1602

countermanda1616

forjudge1675

restrict1766

oppose1814

fen1823

embargo1824

nix1903

ixnay1937

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. ii. 37 A back friend, a shoulder-clapper, one that countermands The passages of allies, creekes, and narrow lands.

1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. Ded. 10 By staying wars, and countermanding vices.

1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus xxvi. 125 Avicen countermands letting blood in cholerick bodies.

†7. figurative. To counteract; to frustrate; to counterbalance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > neutralize or counteract

fordoc1175

counterpoisec1374

correct1578

countercheck1590

countervail1590

cancel1633

counterbalance1636

counterswaya1640

countermand1645

counter-influence1667

counteract1694

destroy1726

neutralizea1797

counterweigh1825

antagonize1833

mitigate1857

kill1858

1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times iv. i. 195 Who..to Countermand the healing power of Lead, first found the Champing and Impoysoning of Bullets!

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xvi. 56 A charm to countermand Witches.

1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) at Sail Ships..must have one After-Sail, and another Head-Sail, to countermand one another.

†8. To control, keep under command. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > have control over

aweldc1175

hold1577

countermand1590

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. C3^v And all the sea my Gallies countermaund.

1597 S. Finche Let. 26 Feb. in A. C. Ducarel Some Acct. Town Croydon (1783) App. 155 The ynner trenche which doth countermaunde those other.

1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 100 Countermanding our naturall affection with reason.

III. intransitive or absol.

9. To give a command contrary to a previous one; to revoke (one's own) or contravene (another's) command.

ΚΠ

c1540 Image Ipocrysy ii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 425 Wher God doth commaunde, Ther he doth countermaunde.

Derivatives

counterˈmanding adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [adjective]

prohibitive?a1425

inhibitory1490

negative1526

prohibitory1564

forbidding1574

inhibiting1607

countermanding1677

inhibitive1830

1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xxv. 210 Where no countermanding Law is owned, there can be no irritating..restraint.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	countermand
释义	countermandn. /kaʊntəˈmɑːnd//kaʊntəˈmand//ˈkaʊntəmɑːnd//ˈkaʊntəmand/ Forms: see the verb. Etymology: < Old French contremand, -mant, < contremander : see countermand v. 1. A contrary command or order revoking or annulling a previous one. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > a command > contrary countermand1548 counter-order1773 countermandate1880 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cx^v The Cardinall was somewhat moued with this countermaunde, yet..he bowed from his former iorney, and passed the sea. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxi. 137 To stoupe as other positiue ordinances doe to the countermaunds of necessitie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 93 Haue you no countermand for Claudio yet? But he must die to morrow? View more context for this quotation 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. viii. 181 The Popes Legate brought him a flat countermand, that he must go no further, but instantly return. a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 40 I forthwith mounted, and went off; lest I should receive a Countermand. 1809 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) V. 260 The Central Junta had countermanded the orders..of which countermand they gave us no notice. 1883 J. Saunders Robbing Peter viii The steward was still busy despatching the notes of countermand. 2. Law. An action that has the effect of making void something previously executed. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > legal invalidity or faultiness > annulment or abrogation > instance or action vacat1592 countermand1628 vacatur1682 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 55 b If a woman make a lease at will reseruing a rent and she taketh husband, this is no countermand of the lease at will. 1805 E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench 5 209 Though marriage operate in law as a countermand to the arbitrator's authority. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 146/2 Countermand, where a thing formally executed is afterwards by some act or ceremony made void by the party who first did it; it is either actual by deed, or implied by law. †3. A command against; a prohibition. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun] > a prohibition forbodea1000 nayc1390 negativec1400 restraint1439 non1551 countermandment1560 countermand1581 estoppel1583 forbid1602 embarment1606 embargo1692 don'ta1826 forbiddance1855 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 154 Beyng quite overthrowen by the onely countermaunde of almightie God. 1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse i. 40 If by his countermaund he inhibit..the vertue of the bread. 1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 28 March Counter to the counter-mand of those Would hinder you from chasing of your Foes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). countermandv. /kaʊntəˈmɑːnd//kaʊntəˈmand/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s countyr-, countre-, conter-, contre-, (Scottish) contra-, Middle English–1600s -maund(e. Etymology: < Old French contremander (13th cent. in Littré) = medieval Latin and Old Italian contramandāre, < Latin contrā against, counter + mandāre to command, order. I. To revoke or annul a command. 1. transitive. To command or order the opposite of (a previous command or order); to revoke, recall, reverse, annul by a contrary command. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > in contradiction of previous command > the opposite of previous command countermandc1440 c1440 Compl. in J. Lydgate Temp. Glas 63 Sythe that she wele me nat comaunde Nor hyre centence countyrmaunde. 1553 Act 7 Edw. VI c. 1 §13 Warrants..not lawfully countermanded nor revoked. 1642 J. March Argument Militia 36 The King can no more countermand their judgement [sc. of Parliament]. 1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) v. 241 To declare his will to day, and countermand it to morrow. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive 43 He ordered his army to march against the English. He countermanded his orders. 1892 Law Times 92 145/2 Had it been possible to countermand the invitations the gathering would not have taken place. †2. To command (a person to do something, or that something be done) in contradiction or reversal of a previous command. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > in contradiction of previous command countermand1430 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. xxvii Pryamus..To worthy Hector repayred is agayne Hym contermaundyng that he ne shuld gone, Thilke day to fyght. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxviii. 42 He countermaunded his offycers to sease of makyng of any farther prouision, tyll he knewe more. 1530 tr. Caesar Commentaryes xii. 14 But Cesar countermaunded that they shuld no ferther folow. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 336 The Maior countermaunded not to stirre that night. [The Mayor had before ‘counsayled..that in the night tyme they should have issued out of the Tower’]. 3. To recall by a contrary order, to order back (a person, forces). ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command or give orders [verb (intransitive)] > contrary to previous countermand1464 unbid1597 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > back again-callc1390 revokec1425 rescrya1450 countermand1464 renvoy1477 reappeal1480 repeala1500 remand1525 recall1567 reclaim1590 return1590 speed1606 to call back1611 hark back1813 withcall1901 1464 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 291 Alle the gentylmen..þat went vppe to the Kyng are contremaundyd and are com home ageyn. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxlv. f. clxvii Than the Oryflambe which was passed y^e Brydge, was countermaunded. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. x. sig. bvi^v They were at the laste constrained to countermaunde him by sondrie messangers. 1647 T. Fuller Cause Wounded Conscience xvii. 128 Many a despairing soule..thought to sinke downe to hell, hath presently beene countermanded by Gods goodnesse to eternall happinesse. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ix. 142 Our regiment is countermanded. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. 351 They countermanded the reinforcements which were coming up from the north. 4. a. To stop or prohibit (what has been commanded, ordered, or allowed), by a contrary command or order; to revoke an order for (goods, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] > what has been commanded or allowed countermand1554 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 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5160 in Wks. (1931) I Wysedome may nocht contramand, Nor strenth that stoure may nocht ganestand! 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 252 The Archebishops building was countermaunded, and he with forced patience, contented to cease the worke. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 406 Neither may A.B. countermand the payment of the thousand Ducats at Venice. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iii. 322 Such Reasons, my departure countermanding. 1732 A. Pope True Narr. what passed in London in J. Swift et al. Misc.: 3rd Vol. 265 Three of the Maids of Honour sent to countermand their Birth-day Cloaths. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. viii. 127 Bespeaking and countermanding carriages. 1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxii. 194 He..countermanded the movement. †b. To prohibit (a person, etc.) to do, or from doing, a thing previously commanded. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] > prohibit a person from doing something > from something previously commanded countermand1548 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxv He was by the French kyng and his councell..countermaunded & prohibited farther to procede. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xxvi. 95 A new Commission..countermanding him to deliver the Proxy aforesaid, untill a full and absolut satisfaction were had. 1696 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 47 Our fleet..being countermanded from sailing westward. II. To go counter to, forbid, counteract, control. †5. To go counter to or oppose the command of (a person or authority). Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] withgo743 to go again ——OE withsayc1175 again-goc1275 withsitc1300 thwarta1325 to go against ——a1382 counter1382 repugnc1384 adversea1393 craba1400 gainsaya1400 movec1400 overthwart?a1425 to put (also set) one's face againsta1425 traversea1425 contrairc1425 to take again ——c1425 contraryc1430 to take against ——a1450 opposec1485 again-seta1500 gain?a1500 oppone1500 transverse1532 to come up against1535 heave at1546 to be against1549 encounter1549 to set shoulder against1551 to fly in the face of1553 crossc1555 to cross with1590 countermand1592 forstand1599 opposit1600 thorter1608 obviate1609 disputea1616 obstrigillate1623 contradict1632 avert1635 to set one's hand against1635 top1641 militate1642 to come across ——1653 contrariate1656 to cross upon (or on)1661 shock1667 clash1685 rencounter1689 obtend1697 counteract1708 oppugnate1749 retroact?1761 controvert1782 react1795 to set against ——1859 appose- 1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond in Wks. (1717) 42 The Privilege of Beauty, That it had Power to countermand all Duty. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. G2 Proud rebels that..confront and countermaund their king. 1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 119 Drowning Moses shall come to countermand a monarch. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 309 The..miracles..never countermanded nature in this kind, by recruiting the strength of an aged person. †6. To give command against, forbid, prohibit. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] forwarnc893 warnc893 forbidOE forhightc1315 defendc1325 forfend1382 dischargec1450 prohibit?a1475 bidc1475 withsay1484 fenda1500 abara1504 prohibit1526 debara1529 forbodec1540 exempt1553 forspeak1565 disbar1567 forsay1579 enjoin1589 abjudicate1602 countermanda1616 forjudge1675 restrict1766 oppose1814 fen1823 embargo1824 nix1903 ixnay1937 a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. ii. 37 A back friend, a shoulder-clapper, one that countermands The passages of allies, creekes, and narrow lands. View more context for this quotation 1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. Ded. 10 By staying wars, and countermanding vices. 1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus xxvi. 125 Avicen countermands letting blood in cholerick bodies. †7. figurative. To counteract; to frustrate; to counterbalance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > neutralize or counteract fordoc1175 counterpoisec1374 correct1578 countercheck1590 countervail1590 cancel1633 counterbalance1636 counterswaya1640 countermand1645 counter-influence1667 counteract1694 destroy1726 neutralizea1797 counterweigh1825 antagonize1833 mitigate1857 kill1858 1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times iv. i. 195 Who..to Countermand the healing power of Lead, first found the Champing and Impoysoning of Bullets! 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xvi. 56 A charm to countermand Witches. 1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) at Sail Ships..must have one After-Sail, and another Head-Sail, to countermand one another. †8. To control, keep under command. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > have control over aweldc1175 hold1577 countermand1590 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. C3^v And all the sea my Gallies countermaund. 1597 S. Finche Let. 26 Feb. in A. C. Ducarel Some Acct. Town Croydon (1783) App. 155 The ynner trenche which doth countermaunde those other. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 100 Countermanding our naturall affection with reason. III. intransitive or absol. 9. To give a command contrary to a previous one; to revoke (one's own) or contravene (another's) command. ΚΠ c1540 Image Ipocrysy ii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 425 Wher God doth commaunde, Ther he doth countermaunde. Derivatives counterˈmanding adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [adjective] prohibitive?a1425 inhibitory1490 negative1526 prohibitory1564 forbidding1574 inhibiting1607 countermanding1677 inhibitive1830 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xxv. 210 Where no countermanding Law is owned, there can be no irritating..restraint. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1548v.1430
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