Topic: MILITARY
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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | contremander, from contre- ( COUNTER-) + mander 'to command' (from Latin mandare) |
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coun‧ter‧mand
[transitive] formal
[transitive] formalPM to officially tell people to ignore an order, especially by giving them a different one : Terrorists tried to force him to countermand the order to attack.
Terrorists tried to force him to countermand the order to attack.