Definition of Countermanded

1. Verb. (past of countermand) ¹

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Definition of Countermanded

1. countermand [v] - See also: countermand

Lexicographical Neighbors of Countermanded

counterirritations
counterjab
counterjabs
counterjumper
counterjumpers
counterkilling
counterkillings
counterknowledge
counterless
counterlike
counterline
counterlines
counterman
countermand
countermandable
countermanded (current term)
countermanding
countermands
countermanifesto
countermanifestos
countermarch
countermarched
countermarches
countermarching
countermark
countermarked
countermarking
countermarks
countermeasure
countermeasures

Literary usage of Countermanded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1793)
"(P. 2) Livery within the View countermanded. By what Аи. ment te y. S. and livery within view, and bid him enter, and after, c% p-1:funs 1. ..."

2. Forms of Pleading in Actions for Legal Or Equitable Relief: Prepared with by Austin Abbott, Carlos Coolidge Alden (1898)
"On the Same, Non-presentment for Acceptance Excused,1 the Drawer Having countermanded the Bill. I. [State the making and delivery of the bill, ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"Salamis, Amasis haveing ordered his Men to pull down their Tents, and prepare for a March, which was noe sooner done than countermanded. nescio, ..."

4. American Book Prices Current (1917)
"Complaining because Morris had countermanded the order for wagons to carry the State papers from Baltimore to Philadelphia. Morris, H., Jan. 16, '17. ..."

5. Modern Egypt by Evelyn Baring Cromer (1908)
"... and evacuation—I recommend reduction and concentration at Alexandria—The Government approve of this recommendation— The reduction is countermanded. ..."

6. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"Pickett's division was ordered from this side of the river to the Petersburg depot, to be transported in haste to that town ; but it was countermanded, ..."

7. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... succour of the place— Graham and Hill fall back—The bridge of Merida is destroyed—The assault is ordered, but countermanded—A third breach is formed—The ..."

8. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1829)
"... Troops is countermanded—Proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies —Miguel dissolves the Chamber—Encouragement given to the Partizans of Miguel—Addresses ..."

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