See countermand in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):",
"text": "For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To oppose or revoke the command of (someone)."
],
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"oppose",
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],
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"revoke",
"revoke"
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],
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"(obsolete) To oppose or revoke the command of (someone)."
],
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"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:",
"text": "Two thousand horſe ſhal forrage vp and downe,\nThat no reliefe or ſuccour come by land.\nAnd all the ſea my Gallies countermaund.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To maintain control of, to keep under command."
],
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[
"control",
"control"
],
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"command",
"command"
]
],
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"(obsolete) To maintain control of, to keep under command."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˌkaʊntəˈmɑːnd/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈkaʊntɚˌmænd/",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otmenjam",
"sense": "to revoke (a former command)",
"word": "отменям"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "anuliram",
"sense": "to revoke (a former command)",
"word": "анулирам"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to revoke (a former command)",
"word": "contramanda"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otmenjátʹ",
"sense": "to revoke (a former command)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отменя́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "otmenítʹ",
"sense": "to revoke (a former command)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отмени́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "annulírovatʹ",
"sense": "to revoke (a former command)",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "аннули́ровать"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to revoke (a former command)",
"word": "opozvati"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ottegljam",
"sense": "to recall a person or unit",
"word": "оттеглям"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otzyvátʹ",
"sense": "to recall a person or unit",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отзыва́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otozvátʹ",
"sense": "to recall a person or unit",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отозва́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to recall a person or unit",
"word": "opozvati"
}
],
"word": "countermand"
}
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"name": "der"
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"glosses": [
"An order to the contrary of a previous one."
],
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[
"order",
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],
[
"contrary",
"contrary"
]
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an order to the contrary of a previous one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contrordre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an order to the contrary of a previous one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contrordine"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otména prikáza/rasporjažénija",
"sense": "an order to the contrary of a previous one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "отме́на прика́за/распоряже́ния"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kontrprikáz",
"sense": "an order to the contrary of a previous one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "контрприка́з"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an order to the contrary of a previous one",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opoziv"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an order to the contrary of a previous one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kontranaredba"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an order to the contrary of a previous one",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "contraorden"
}
],
"word": "countermand"
}
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