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countermand

v. எதிர்க்கட்டளை, மாற்று உத்தரவு, (வி.) எதிர்க்கட்டளை இடு, உத்தரவை மாற்று.


Synonyms

order, direct, instruct, charge, bid, enjoin #noun

Antonyms

supplicate, entreat, persuade, beg, petition, suggest,represent #noun

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. 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.


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