Countermand /(koun`tẽr*mȧnd")/

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.

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.

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

   Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow?