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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Coun·ter·mand v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countermanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermanding.]
 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 bodies.   --Harvey.
 3. To oppose; to revoke the command of.
    For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him.   --Hooker.