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Definition of Countermands
1. countermand [v] - See also: countermand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countermands
Literary usage of Countermands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1902)
"I remain with great Respect &c. &c. Geo: Clinton. The hon'ble Major Genl. Heath.
[No. 3319.] General Ten Broeck countermands Orders to His Brigade. ..."
2. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: Containing an Account of the by Enguerrand de Monstrelet (1810)
"I. THE KING OF FRANCE countermands HIS SUMMONS TO THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, FORBIDS
HIM TO COME TO ... countermands ..."
3. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"The defendant accedes to this arrangement, but afterwards A. countermands the
authority to <'., and demands the debt from the defendant which he pays A., ..."
4. A Year on the Punjab Frontier, in 1848-49 by Herbert Benjamin Edwardes (1851)
"... AND CALLS ON GENERAL WHISH TO DISPATCH ONE—NEWS ARRIVES OF THE DEATH OF AGNEW
AND ANDERSON THE RESIDENT countermands THE BRITISH FORCE, AND INFORMS THK ..."
5. A history of the American Revolution by Paul Allen, John Neal, Tobias Watkins (1822)
"... of Association—addresses to the King and people—General Gage calls a meeting
of the General Court—countermands the order—The members assemble to form a ..."
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