Usually means: Cancel or reverse an order.
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  1. countermand: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. countermand: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. countermand: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. countermand: Collins English Dictionary
  5. countermand: Vocabulary.com
  6. countermand: Wordnik
  7. countermand: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. countermand: Wiktionary
  9. countermand: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. countermand: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. countermand: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Countermand, countermand: Dictionary.com
  13. countermand: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Countermand: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. countermand: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. countermand: Rhymezone
  17. Countermand: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. countermand: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. countermand: Free Dictionary
  20. countermand: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. countermand: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. countermand: Legal dictionary
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  1. countermand: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
verb:  To recall a person or unit with such an order.
verb:  To cancel an order for (some specified goods).
verb:  (figuratively) To counteract, to act against, to frustrate.
verb:  (obsolete) To prohibit (a course of action or behavior).
verb:  (obsolete) To oppose or revoke the command of (someone).
verb:  (obsolete) To maintain control of, to keep under command.
noun:  An order to the contrary of a previous one.

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