English-Thai Dictionary

countermand

N คำสั่ง ยกเลิก  kam-sang-yok-loek

 

countermand

VT ยกเลิก  เพิกถอน  cancel revoke annul yok-loek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COUNTERMAND

v.t.[L., to command. ] 1. To revoke a former command; or to give an order contrary to one before given, which annuls a former command and forbids its execution; as, to countermand orders.
2. To oppose; to contradict the orders of another.
3. To prohibit. [Little used. ]

 

COUNTERMAND

n.A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.

 

COUNTERMANDED

pp. Revoked; annulled, as an order.

 

COUNTERMANDING

ppr. Revoking a former order; giving directions contrary to a former command.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COUNTERMAND

Coun `ter *mand " (koun `tr-mnd "), v. t. [imp & p. p. Countermanded; p.pr. & vb. n. Countermanding. ] Etym: [F. contremander; contre (L. contra ) + mander to command, fr. L. mandare. Cf. Mandate. ]

 

1. To revoke (a former command ); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.

 

2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs. ] Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles. Harvey.

 

3. To oppose; to revoke the command of. For us to alter anuthing, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him. Hooker.

 

COUNTERMAND

COUNTERMAND Coun "ter *mand (koun "tr-mnd ), n.

 

Defn: A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command. Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow Shak.

 

COUNTERMANDABLE

COUNTERMANDABLE Coun `ter *mand "a *ble (-mnd "-b'l ), a.

 

Defn: Capable of being countermanded; revocable. Bacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

countermand

coun ter mand |ˌkountərˈmand, ˈkountərˌmand ˈkaʊn (t )ərˌmænd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] revoke (an order ): an order to arrest the strike leaders had been countermanded. • revoke an order issued by (another person ): he was already countermanding her. • declare (a vote or election ) invalid. the election commission has countermanded voting on the grounds of intimidation. ▶noun an order revoking a previous one. I forthwith mounted, and went off, lest I should receive a countermand. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French contremander (verb ), contremand (noun ), from medieval Latin contramandare, from contra- ‘against ’ + mandare ‘to order. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

countermand

countermand |ˌkaʊntəˈmɑːnd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] revoke or cancel (an order ): an order to arrest the strike leaders had been countermanded. • revoke or cancel an order issued by (another person ): he was already countermanding her. • declare (a vote or election ) invalid. ▶noun an order revoking a previous one. I forthwith mounted, and went off, lest I should receive a countermand. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French contremander (verb ), contremand (noun ), from medieval Latin contramandare, from contra- ‘against ’ + mandare ‘to order ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

countermand

countermand verb orders were being issued and then countermanded: revoke, rescind, reverse, undo, repeal, retract, withdraw, quash, overturn, overrule, cancel, annul, invalidate, nullify, negate; Law disaffirm, discharge, vacate; formal abrogate. ANTONYMS uphold.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

countermand

countermand verb orders were being issued and then countermanded: revoke, rescind, reverse, undo, repeal, retract, withdraw, take back, abrogate, abolish, quash, scrap, override, overturn, overrule, do away with, set aside, cancel, annul, invalidate, nullify, negate, veto, declare null and void; back-pedal on, backtrack on, do a U-turn on; Law disaffirm, discharge, avoid, vacate, vitiate; informal axe, ditch, dump, knock on the head; archaic recall; rare disannul. ANTONYMS uphold.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

countermand

coun ter mand /káʊntə r mæ̀nd |kàʊntəmɑ́ːnd /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠(反対の注文 命令によって )〈前の注文 命令 〉を取り消す, 撤回する ; …を呼び戻す .